kap-ut, -(ē̆)lo-

    kap-ut, -(ē̆)lo-

    English meaning: head; pan, etc..

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Kopf; Pfanne am Schenkel; Kniescheibe”

    Note: originally perhaps ‘schalenförmiges”, see under

    Material: O.Ind. kapúcchala- n. (from *kaput-) “Haar am Hinterkopf, Schopf, bowl”; Lat. caput, -itis “ head “; bi-caps “ bicipital “; O.N. hǫfuð n. “ head”; in Gmc. besides Goth. haubiÞ “ head “, O.N. haufuð, O.E. hēafod, O.H.G. houbit, Ger. Haupt through amalgamation with one to O.Ind. kakúbh- f. “cusp, peak, acme, apex “, O.H.G. hūba “Haube” etc. (compare keu-2) respective words; Cret. κύφερον ἤ κυφήν κεφαλήν Hes. With l-suffixes: O.Ind. kapǘ la- n. “bowl, cranium, cranium, Pfanne am Schenkel, schalenor scherbenförmiger bone”, pehl. kapürak (Scheftelowitz BB. 28, 144) “vessel”, kapōlī “Kniescheibe”, kapōla- m. “cheek”; O.E. hafola “head”. Fraglich is affiliation from Lat. capillus “hair, esp. hair of the head “, see WH. I 158.

    References: WP. I 346 f., WH. I 158, 163 f.