Where does “kaapeli” come from?

kaapeli (Finnish) comes from Swedish kabel, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

kaapeli (Finnish): cable

Definitions

  1. cable

Ancestry of “kaapeli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkabelcable
2Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
3Old Frenchcable
4Vulgar Latincaplum
5Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
6Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “kaapeli

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō
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