kapâwel

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German Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Particularly: “I don't see anything similar in Middle Low German dictionary, perhaps a borrowing from an archaic standard German term "kapabel"”

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French capable, German kapabel

Adjective

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kapâwel

  1. (Low Prussian) capable

Descendants

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  • → Kashubian: kapôwen

References

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  • Frischbier, Hermann (1882–1883) “kapâwel”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer (in German), volume 1, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin. (Adolph Enslin.), page 334
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