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
Ancestry of “Kap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | kap | — |
| 2 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 3 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |