Where does “Kap” come from?

Kap (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Kap (German): cape

Definitions

  1. cape

Ancestry of “Kap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankap—
2Middle Frenchcaphead
3Old Occitancap—
4Vulgar Latincapus—
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-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 →