Where does “Leihkapital” come from?

Leihkapital (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.

Leihkapital (German): loan capital; debt capital capital that has been borrowed and must be repaid, usually with interest

Definitions

  1. loan capital; debt capital capital that has been borrowed and must be repaid, usually with interest

Ancestry of “Leihkapital”, step by step

Leihkapital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kapital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapitalcapital
2ItaliancapitaleOf or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,...
3Polishkapitałprincipal
4EnglishcapitalAlready-produced durable goods available for use...
5Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
6Latincapitālisof the head or life
7Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
8Proto-Italickaputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German leihen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanleihento lend; to loan; to borrow
2Middle High Germanlīhento loan, to lend, to award, to gift
3Old High Germanlīhan
4Proto-West Germaniclīhwanto lend
5Proto-Germaniclīhwanąto lend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléykʷtto leave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-