Where does “Kap” come from?

Kap (Finnish) comes from German kap, from Middle Low German kap, from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.

Kap (Finnish): the Cape region in Southern Africa

Definitions

  1. the Cape region in Southern Africa

Ancestry of “Kap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapcape (headland)
2Middle Low Germankap—
3Middle Frenchcaphead
4Old Occitancap—
5Vulgar Latincapus—
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “Kap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →