Where does “Kaplöwe” come from?
Kaplöwe (German) comes from German kap, 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 — to seize, hold.
Kaplöwe (German): Cape lion
Ancestry of “Kaplöwe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | kap | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kap | — |
| 3 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 4 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |