Where does “Kabelbaum” come from?

Kabelbaum (German) comes from German kabel, from Polish kabel, from German Kabel, from Middle High German kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Kabelbaum (German): wiring harness, cable harness, wire assembly

Definitions

  1. wiring harness, cable harness, wire assembly

Ancestry of “Kabelbaum”, step by step

Kabelbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kabel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankabelinflection of kabeln: ## first-person singular...
2Polishkabelcable; snitch, informant
3GermanKabelcable; telegram; thick rope
4Middle High Germankabel
5Middle Dutchcabelthick rope
6Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
7Old Frenchcable
8Vulgar Latincaplum
9Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
10Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
11Proto-Italickapiōtake
12Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
13Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
14Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-