Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/káput

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

    From *kap- (“head”), possibly of substrate origin, or perhaps related to *kap- (“seize, hold”), + rare suffix *-ut.[1][2]

    Noun

    *káput[3][2][4][5] ~ *kap-wét-s[6][7] n

    1. head

    Inflection

    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *káput
    genitive *kapwéts
    singular dual plural
    nominative *káput — —
    vocative *káput — —
    accusative *káput — —
    genitive *kapwéts — —
    ablative *kapwéts — —
    dative *kapwétey — —
    locative *kapwét, *kapwéti — —
    instrumental *kapwéth₁ — —

    Descendants

    • Proto-Germanic: *hafudą ~ *haubeþaz (“head”) (metathesized < *habweþaz)[6] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *kaput[8] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (1996) “Ancient European Loanwords”, in Historische Sprachforschung, volume 109, § 2. Lat. caput etc., page 218-20 of 215–236
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The template Template:R:Schrijver:1997 does not use the parameter(s): 
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    3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kap-ut”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 529-530
    4. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 100-101
    5. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 270
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ha(u)beda- ~ *ha(u)buda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
    7. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Haupt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
    8. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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