Where does “vallgrav” come from?
vallgrav (Swedish) comes from Swedish grav, from Swedish kapell, from Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
vallgrav (Swedish): a moat (defensive (water-filled) ditch around a castle or other fortified position)
Definitions
- a moat (defensive (water-filled) ditch around a castle or other fortified position)
Ancestry of “vallgrav”, step by step
vallgrav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish grav
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | grav | severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder;... |
| 2 | Swedish | kapell | a chapel |
| 3 | Old Swedish | cappell | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cappella | — |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Swedish vall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vall | a bank (long sloping elevation on the ground), often in the form of a wall (cognate) of earth, gravel, or the like, used as a primitive fortification (but also of for example snow), an embankment, an earthwork |
| 2 | Old Swedish | valder | — |
| 3 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | to see, perceive |