Where does “Kappapagei” come from?
Kappapagei (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.
Kappapagei (German): the Cape parrot or Levaillant's parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus robustus in the family Psittacidae
Definitions
- the Cape parrot or Levaillant's parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus robustus in the family Psittacidae
Ancestry of “Kappapagei”, step by step
Kappapagei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kap | cape (headland) |
| 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 |
via German Papagei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Papagei | parrot |
| 2 | Middle High German | papegei | — |
| 3 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 4 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 5 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 6 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 7 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 8 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |