Where does “keper” come from?
keper (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin capreus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
Ancestry of “keper”, step by step
keper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin capreus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capreus | — |
| 2 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
via Latin capreo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capreo | — |