Where does “senkapa” come from?

senkapa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kapo, from Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

senkapa (Esperanto): headless

Definitions

  1. headless

Ancestry of “senkapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokapohead; kappa
2Latincapusa bird of prey
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →