English
kappie
Kappie comes from Afrikaans kappie ‘bonnet, specifically a sunbonnet’, and goes back to Dutch kapje ‘diminutive of kap’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkapje‘diminutive of kap’
- Afrikaansmodernkap
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernkappie‘bonnet, specifically a sunbonnet’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkapje‘diminutive of kap’
- Afrikaansmodernkap
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernkappie‘bonnet, specifically a sunbonnet’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Dutch kapje
Today it means
noun A kind of Afrikaner bonnet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch kapje / kappie