Where does “Nordkapp” come from?
Nordkapp (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kapp, from German kap, from Middle Low German kap, from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “Nordkapp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kapp | a cape, headland, promontory |
| 2 | German | kap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kap | — |
| 4 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |