Where does “kappa” come from?

kappa (Old High German) comes from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

kappa (Old High German): cap, hood

Definitions

  1. cap, hood

Ancestry of “kappa”, step by step

kappa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cāppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāppacape, cloak
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Late Latin cappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincappacape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak
2Ancient Greekκάππαkappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the...
3Phoenician𐤊kaph; kap
4Egyptian𓂧—

Words derived from “kappa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →