Where does “kassaapparat” come from?

kassaapparat (Swedish) comes from Swedish kassa, from German Kasse, from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin Capsa — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

kassaapparat (Swedish): a cash register

Definitions

  1. a cash register

Ancestry of “kassaapparat”, step by step

kassaapparat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kassa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkassaa capital, a fund, cash; a cash register, a point...
2GermanKassecash register, cash box
3Italiancassacase, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk
4Spanishcajabox, case; bank; cash desk
5Catalancaixabox; savings bank
6Old Catalancaixabox
7Old Occitancaissa
8LatinCapsaGafsa
9Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
10Proto-Italickapiōtake
11Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
12Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
13Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Swedish apparat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishapparatapparatus; complex machine or instrument, often...
2Frenchapparatpomp, ceremony
3Latinapparātusprepared, having been prepared
4Latinapparōto prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-