"kap-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See kap- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: Possibly a non-Indo-European loanword. Perhaps onomatopoeic, compare *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”) as so-called "chiming roots". Etymology templates: {{onom|ine-pro|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic
  1. to seize, to grab Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kap--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:seize Categories (other): Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias: 100 0
  2. (stative) to hold Tags: morpheme, reconstruction, stative
    Sense id: en-kap--ine-pro-root-wddo9PTy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Root

Etymology: Uncertain; may be the same as the verbal root in *kap- (Etymology 1) above, particularly if it developed figuratively from the sense “cup, bowl” as retained in Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos and perhaps Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la). Otherwise, sound-symbolic or borrowed from a substrate, as evidenced by the a-grade. Etymology templates: {{unc|ine-pro}} Uncertain, {{cog|cel-pro|*kaɸukos}} Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos, {{cog|sa|कपाल|tr=kapā́la}} Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la), {{sound-symbolic|ine-pro|nocap=1}} sound-symbolic, {{der|ine-pro|qfa-sub}} substrate
  1. head Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *gʰébʰōl, *ḱérh₂sō
    Sense id: en-kap--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:head Categories (other): Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots, Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots, Proto-Indo-European roots Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 24 0 76 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots: 6 0 94 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots: 11 0 89 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European roots: 40 0 60 0
  2. bowl, cup Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kap--ine-pro-root-LUv2mtKo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-yé-ti (“to be grasping”, ye-present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-eh₁yé-ti (eh₁ye-stative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*habjaną",
            "t": "to have, hold"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habjaną (“to have, hold”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habjaną (“to have, hold”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kápā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kápā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kápā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάπη",
            "t": "crib"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κάπη (kápē, “crib”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κάπη (kápē, “crib”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "καπᾱ́να",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "wagon",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Ancient Greek: καπᾱ́να (kapā́na, “wagon”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Ancient Greek: καπᾱ́να (kapā́na, “wagon”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-nó-s (“harbour”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kawnos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kawnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kawnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "cúan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: cúan",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: cúan (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*habnō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habnō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "< *kapn-éh₂"
          },
          "expansion": "(< *kapn-éh₂)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habnō (< *kapn-éh₂) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-no-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hafnaz",
            "t": "vessel, pot"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hafnaz (“vessel, pot”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hafnaz (“vessel, pot”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "haban",
            "3": "havan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: haban, havan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: haban, havan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "havan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: havan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: havan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "haven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: haven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: haven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-e-ló-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*kapelos",
            "t": "one who takes"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kapelos (“one who takes”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kapelos (“one who takes”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "discipulus",
            "alt": "dis-cipulus",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "disciple, pupil; cadet",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Latin: dis-cipulus (“disciple, pupil; cadet”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Latin: dis-cipulus (“disciple, pupil; cadet”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-tós (“seized, held”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-u-ko-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kaɸukos",
            "t": "cup"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kaɸukos (“cup”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kaɸukos (“cup”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kọg"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *kọg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *kọg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cawg"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: cawg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: cawg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "cuäch"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: cuäch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: cuäch, cuach, cúach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "cuach"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "cuach"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "καῦκος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: καῦκος (kaûkos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: καῦκος (kaûkos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "caucus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: caucus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: caucus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "alt": "*kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Albanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-",
            "t": "garden"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: (“garden”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "+ -shtë"
          },
          "expansion": "(+ -shtë)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: (“garden”) (+ -shtë)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aln",
            "2": "kopësht"
          },
          "expansion": "Gheg Albanian: kopësht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gheg Albanian: kopësht, kopështë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "als",
            "2": "kopsht"
          },
          "expansion": "Tosk Albanian: kopsht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tosk Albanian: kopsht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kāpos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kāpos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kāpos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κῆπος",
            "t": "garden, orchard, plantation"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κῆπος (kêpos, “garden, orchard, plantation”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κῆπος (kêpos, “garden, orchard, plantation”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "alt": "*kā́p-eh₂",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kā́p-eh₂",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kā́p-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hōbō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hōbō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hōbō (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kṓp-s ~ *kap-és",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *kṓp-s ~ *kap-és",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *kṓp-s ~ *kap-és"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kṓpā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kṓpā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kṓpā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κώπη",
            "t": "grip, handle"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κώπη (kṓpē, “grip, handle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κώπη (kṓpē, “grip, handle”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onom"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a non-Indo-European loanword. Perhaps onomatopoeic, compare *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”) as so-called \"chiming roots\".",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seize, to grab"
      ],
      "id": "en-kap--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:seize",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:seize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold"
      ],
      "id": "en-kap--ine-pro-root-wddo9PTy",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to hold"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction",
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers",
    "Helmut Rix",
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
  ],
  "word": "kap-"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-s ~ *k(a)p-és (root noun)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*kaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kaps",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kaps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "*caps",
            "3": "-ceps",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Latin: *caps, -ceps",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only for nom.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "(only for nom.sg.)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*-kaputis"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-kaputis",
          "name": "m+"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only in compounds"
          },
          "expansion": "(only in compounds)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Latin: *caps, -ceps (only for nom.sg.) (only in compounds)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "derived like <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*gʰébʰōl</i> ?"
          },
          "expansion": "(derived like *gʰébʰōl ?)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*káp-ōl ~ *k(a)p-l-és (derived like *gʰébʰōl ?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kapā́las",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "head, skull; bowl"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kapā́las (“head, skull; bowl”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kapā́las (“head, skull; bowl”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-ut ~ *k(a)p-wét-s (“head”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*kap-u-lon-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*habulô"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habulô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habulô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*habulō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *habulō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *habulō (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*kaɸukos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कपाल",
        "tr": "kapā́la"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound-symbolic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; may be the same as the verbal root in *kap- (Etymology 1) above, particularly if it developed figuratively from the sense “cup, bowl” as retained in Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos and perhaps Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la). Otherwise, sound-symbolic or borrowed from a substrate, as evidenced by the a-grade.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 0 76 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 0 94 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 89 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 0 60 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "id": "en-kap--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:head",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:head"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*gʰébʰōl"
        },
        {
          "word": "*ḱérh₂sō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "bowl, cup"
      ],
      "id": "en-kap--ine-pro-root-LUv2mtKo",
      "links": [
        [
          "bowl",
          "bowl"
        ],
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kap-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias",
    "Proto-Indo-European roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European sound-symbolic terms",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-yé-ti (“to be grasping”, ye-present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-eh₁yé-ti (eh₁ye-stative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*habjaną",
            "t": "to have, hold"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habjaną (“to have, hold”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habjaną (“to have, hold”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kápā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kápā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kápā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάπη",
            "t": "crib"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κάπη (kápē, “crib”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κάπη (kápē, “crib”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "καπᾱ́να",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "wagon",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Ancient Greek: καπᾱ́να (kapā́na, “wagon”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Ancient Greek: καπᾱ́να (kapā́na, “wagon”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-nó-s (“harbour”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kawnos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kawnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kawnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "cúan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: cúan",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: cúan (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*habnō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habnō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "< *kapn-éh₂"
          },
          "expansion": "(< *kapn-éh₂)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habnō (< *kapn-éh₂) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-no-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hafnaz",
            "t": "vessel, pot"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hafnaz (“vessel, pot”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hafnaz (“vessel, pot”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "haban",
            "3": "havan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: haban, havan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: haban, havan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "havan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: havan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: havan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "haven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: haven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: haven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-e-ló-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*kapelos",
            "t": "one who takes"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kapelos (“one who takes”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kapelos (“one who takes”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "discipulus",
            "alt": "dis-cipulus",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "disciple, pupil; cadet",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Latin: dis-cipulus (“disciple, pupil; cadet”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Latin: dis-cipulus (“disciple, pupil; cadet”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kap-tós (“seized, held”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-u-ko-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kaɸukos",
            "t": "cup"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kaɸukos (“cup”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kaɸukos (“cup”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kọg"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *kọg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *kọg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cawg"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: cawg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: cawg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "cuäch"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: cuäch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: cuäch, cuach, cúach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "cuach"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "cuach"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "καῦκος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: καῦκος (kaûkos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: καῦκος (kaûkos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "caucus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: caucus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: caucus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "alt": "*kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Albanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-",
            "t": "garden"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: (“garden”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "+ -shtë"
          },
          "expansion": "(+ -shtë)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: (“garden”) (+ -shtë)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aln",
            "2": "kopësht"
          },
          "expansion": "Gheg Albanian: kopësht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gheg Albanian: kopësht, kopështë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "als",
            "2": "kopsht"
          },
          "expansion": "Tosk Albanian: kopsht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tosk Albanian: kopsht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kāpos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kāpos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kāpos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κῆπος",
            "t": "garden, orchard, plantation"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κῆπος (kêpos, “garden, orchard, plantation”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κῆπος (kêpos, “garden, orchard, plantation”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "alt": "*kā́p-eh₂",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ *kā́p-eh₂",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *kā́p-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*hōbō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *hōbō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *hōbō (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*kṓp-s ~ *kap-és",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? *kṓp-s ~ *kap-és",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? *kṓp-s ~ *kap-és"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*kṓpā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kṓpā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kṓpā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κώπη",
            "t": "grip, handle"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: κώπη (kṓpē, “grip, handle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: κώπη (kṓpē, “grip, handle”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onom"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a non-Indo-European loanword. Perhaps onomatopoeic, compare *gʰabʰ- (“to seize”) as so-called \"chiming roots\".",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to seize, to grab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:seize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Indo-European stative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to hold"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction",
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers",
    "Helmut Rix",
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
  ],
  "word": "kap-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European irregular-shape roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European sound-symbolic terms",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-s ~ *k(a)p-és (root noun)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*kaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kaps",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kaps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "*caps",
            "3": "-ceps",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Latin: *caps, -ceps",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only for nom.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "(only for nom.sg.)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*-kaputis"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-kaputis",
          "name": "m+"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "only in compounds"
          },
          "expansion": "(only in compounds)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Latin: *caps, -ceps (only for nom.sg.) (only in compounds)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "derived like <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*gʰébʰōl</i> ?"
          },
          "expansion": "(derived like *gʰébʰōl ?)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*káp-ōl ~ *k(a)p-l-és (derived like *gʰébʰōl ?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kapā́las",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "head, skull; bowl"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kapā́las (“head, skull; bowl”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kapā́las (“head, skull; bowl”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*káp-ut ~ *k(a)p-wét-s (“head”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "?"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "?"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*kap-u-lon-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*habulô"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *habulô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *habulô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*habulō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *habulō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *habulō (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*kaɸukos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कपाल",
        "tr": "kapā́la"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound-symbolic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; may be the same as the verbal root in *kap- (Etymology 1) above, particularly if it developed figuratively from the sense “cup, bowl” as retained in Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos and perhaps Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la). Otherwise, sound-symbolic or borrowed from a substrate, as evidenced by the a-grade.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ine-pro:Body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:head"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*gʰébʰōl"
        },
        {
          "word": "*ḱérh₂sō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ine-pro:Vessels"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bowl, cup"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bowl",
          "bowl"
        ],
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kap-"
}

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