Where does “Kapitalflucht” come from?
Kapitalflucht (German) comes from German kapital, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Kapitalflucht (German): capital flight
Definitions
- capital flight
Ancestry of “Kapitalflucht”, step by step
Kapitalflucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kapital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapital | capital |
| 2 | Italian | capitale | Of or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,... |
| 3 | Polish | kapitał | principal |
| 4 | English | capital | Already-produced durable goods available for use... |
| 5 | French | capital | capital money and wealth |
| 6 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via German Flucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flucht | escape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |