Where does “kapracis” come from?

kapracis (Latvian) comes from Latvian kaps, from Albanian s-, from Latin se-, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

kapracis (Latvian): gravedigger person employed to dig graves

Definitions

  1. gravedigger person employed to dig graves

Ancestry of “kapracis”, step by step

kapracis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian kaps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankapsgrave; tomb; sepulchre
2Albanians-separately, astray; without
3Latinse-separately, astray; without; six
4Latinsuushis, her, its, their
5Proto-Italicsowoshis, her, its, their
6Proto-Indo-Europeansewos(one's) own; his, her, its
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Latvian racis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianracis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewos →Every word from Proto-Italic sowos →