Where does “kappverdisk” come from?
kappverdisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål Kapp Verde, from Portuguese Cabo Verde, from Portuguese Cabo, from Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
kappverdisk (Norwegian Bokmål): Cape Verdean
Ancestry of “kappverdisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | Kapp Verde | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | Cabo Verde | Green Cape |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cabo | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | cabo | besides; nearby |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |