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]

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

*-kaputis

Descendants

Latin: caput (see there for further descendants)

References

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
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

[EDL-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