Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kappā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa (“cape, sleeveless coat”).

Noun

*kappā f

1. coat, cloak, cape
2. hood, headcovering

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kappā
Genitive	*kappōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kappā	*kappōn
Accusative	*kappōn	*kappōn
Genitive	*kappōn	*kappōnō
Dative	*kappōn	*kappōm, *kappum
Instrumental	*kappōn	*kappōm, *kappum

Descendants

• Old English: cæppe, kæppe
  • Middle English: cappe, cap, cape, cep
    • English: cap
    • Scots: kep
• Old Frisian: kappe
• Old Saxon: kappa
  • Middle Low German: kappe, kap
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kappe
    • → Old Swedish: kappa
      • Swedish: kappa
        • → Finnish: kappa
• Old Dutch: *kappa
  • Middle Dutch: cappe
    • Dutch: kap
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu
      • Negerhollands: kap
      • → Indonesian: kap
      • → Papiamentu: kap
• Old High German: kapfa, kapha, kappa, gapfa
  • Middle High German: kappe
    • German: Kappe
    • ⇒ Alemannic German: Käppi (diminutive)
      • → French: képi (see there for further descendants)
      • → German: Käppi
    • ⇒ Cimbrian: kèpple (diminutive)