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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/káput

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Etymology

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

    Noun

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

    1. head

    Inflection

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    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

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

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (1996) “Ancient European Loanwords”, in Historische Sprachforschung, volume 109, § 2. Lat. caput etc., page 218-20 of 215–236
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      Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy[1], Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
    3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kap-ut”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (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)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
    7. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Haupt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (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