Where does “Kabes” come from?

Kabes (Luxembourgish) comes from Spanish cabeza, from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Kabes (Luxembourgish): cabbage; nonsense

Definitions

  1. cabbage; nonsense

Ancestry of “Kabes”, step by step

Kabes traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cabeza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcabezahead; mind; guy, dude
2Old Spanishcabeçahead
3Vulgar Latincapitia
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 Middle High German kabbez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankabbez
2Old High Germankabuz
3Latincaputia

via Portuguese cabeça

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecabeçahead
2Old Portuguesecabeça
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput