Where does “Kapuzinerkresse” come from?

Kapuzinerkresse (German) comes from German Kapuziner, from Italian cappuccino, from Italian cappuccio, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Kapuzinerkresse (German): nasturtium (any plant of the genus Tropaeolum)

Definitions

  1. nasturtium (any plant of the genus Tropaeolum)

Ancestry of “Kapuzinerkresse”, step by step

Kapuzinerkresse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kapuziner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKapuzinerCapuchin
2ItaliancappuccinoCapuchin; cappuccino; French letter, rubber...
3Italiancappucciohood; cowl; top
4Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German kresse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankressecress
2Middle High Germankresse
3Old High Germankressa
4Proto-West Germanic*krassjācress

Words derived from “Kapuzinerkresse

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput
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