Where does “cjaveli” come from?

cjaveli (Friulian) comes from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cjaveli (Friulian): a hair

Definitions

  1. a hair

Ancestry of “cjaveli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-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 →