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Where does “cappen” come from?

cappen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *kappon, from Proto-West Germanic *kappōn.

cappen (Middle Dutch): to chop, to cleave

Definitions

  1. to chop, to cleave

Ancestry of “cappen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*kappon—
2Proto-West Germanic*kappōn—

Words derived from “cappen”

  • kappen
  • afkappen
  • kapmes
  • kapsel
  • kappen
  • kappen
  • kappen
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kappōn →