Where does “kapa” come from?

kapa (Polish) comes from Polish kapować, from German kapieren, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

kapa (Polish): cover

Definitions

  1. cover

Ancestry of “kapa”, step by step

kapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish kapować

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkapowaćto get; to understand; to tell on; to rat out; to...
2Germankapierento understand intellectually; to get
3Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
4Proto-Italickapiōtake
5Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

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

Words derived from “kapa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-