Where does “videokaappari” come from?

videokaappari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaappari, from Swedish kapare, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.

videokaappari (Finnish): capture card device allowing a computer to record video from an external source

Definitions

  1. capture card device allowing a computer to record video from an external source

Ancestry of “videokaappari”, step by step

videokaappari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaappari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaapparihijacker; privateer
2Swedishkaparehijacker
3Swedishkåpacowl, cloak, hood; cover
4Dutchkapento hijack, to seize control of something -...
5Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
6Middle Dutchendeand; end
7Old Dutchendiend
8Proto-West Germanicandīend
9Proto-Germanicandijazend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish video

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvideovideo; videocassette recorder, VCR; VHS
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos →