Where does “kapre” come from?
kapre (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German kapern, from Dutch kaper, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz — on, onto.
kapre (Norwegian Nynorsk): to hijack
Definitions
- to hijack
Ancestry of “kapre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapern | to capture, to seize, to hijack |
| 2 | Dutch | kaper | privateer, pirate; hijacker |
| 3 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 4 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 6 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |