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Where does “cæppe” come from?

cæppe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kappijā.

Ancestry of “cæppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kappijā—

Words derived from “cæppe”

  • cap
  • caps
  • cape
  • capping
  • nightcap
  • recap
  • capstone
  • skullcap
  • kneecap
  • caped
  • endcap
  • hubcap
  • capful
  • capper
  • blackcap
  • caprock
  • caplet
  • uncap
  • capless
  • whitecap
  • nightcapped
  • redcap
  • skycap
  • midcap
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kappijā →