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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kaput

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂p-ut- (“cup, head”), from *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”).[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *haubudą, Old Irish cúach, Welsh cawg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.put/

Noun

*kaput n [1]

  1. head

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *kaput (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *kaput *kaputā
vocative *kaput *kaputā
accusative *kaput *kaputā
genitive *kaputes, -os *kaputom
dative *kaputei *kaputəβos
ablative *kaputi? -e? *kaputəβos
locative *kaputi? -e? *kaputəβos

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Latin: caput (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. 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, page 91
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ha(u)beda- ~ *ha(u)buda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 215
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