Where does “Kapitalumschlag” come from?
Kapitalumschlag (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.
Kapitalumschlag (German): capital turnover the ratio of sales to the average total capital employed in a business over a specific period
Definitions
- capital turnover the ratio of sales to the average total capital employed in a business over a specific period
Ancestry of “Kapitalumschlag”, step by step
Kapitalumschlag 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 Umschlag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Umschlag | envelope; compress; turnover |
| 2 | German | umschlagen | to turn |
| 3 | German | schlagen | to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | slahen | to strike |
| 5 | Old High German | slahan | to hit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |