Where does “Kapstachelbeere” come from?

Kapstachelbeere (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.

Kapstachelbeere (German): goldenberry

Definitions

  1. goldenberry

Ancestry of “Kapstachelbeere”, step by step

Kapstachelbeere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapcape (headland)
2Middle Low Germankap
3Middle Frenchcaphead
4Old Occitancap
5Vulgar Latincapus
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German Stachelbeere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStachelbeeregooseberry
2Germanbeereberry
3Middle High Germanbërbear
4Old High GermanberiA berry
5Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
6Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-
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