Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaupijaną

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *kaupô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kaupijaną

to buy; trade

Related terms

*kaupōną

Descendants

Old English: ċīepan, ċȳpan
- Middle English: chepen (merged with descendant of *kaupōną)
  - Scots: chepe, cheip
  - English: cheap
Old Saxon: kōpian
- Middle Low German: kö̂pen
  - Low German: köpen
Old Dutch: *kōpen
- Middle Dutch: côpen (merged with descendant of *kaupōną)
  - Dutch: kopen
    - Afrikaans: koop
Old High German: koufen
- Old High German: koufen, keufen
  - German: käufen
Old Norse: keypa
- Faroese: keypa
- Norwegian: kjøpe
- Old Swedish: kø̄pa
  - Swedish: köpa
- Old Danish: køpæ (merged with descendant of *kaupōną)
  - Danish: købe
- Elfdalian: tjyöpa (merged with descendant of *kaupōną)
- Scanian: køba
→ Finnish: kaupita
→ Slavic: *kupiti (possibly via unattested Gothic *kaupjan)