Where does “domkapitel” come from?
domkapitel (Swedish) comes from German kapitel, from Middle High German kapitel, from Old High German kapital, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
domkapitel (Swedish): a cathedral chapter
Definitions
- a cathedral chapter
Ancestry of “domkapitel”, step by step
domkapitel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German kapitel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapitel | chapter section of a text |
| 2 | Middle High German | kapitel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kapital | — |
| 4 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German Dom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dom | cathedral |
| 2 | Middle French | dome | — |
| 3 | Italian | duomo | the principal church of a city; a cathedral;... |
| 4 | French | dôme | dome |
| 5 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Swedish kapitel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kapitel | a chapter |