Where does “Okap” come from?

Okap (Haitian Creole) comes from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Ancestry of “Okap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapcape; head; heading
2Occitancaphead; cape, headland
3Old Occitancap—
4Vulgar Latincapus—
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →