ab-kjøp
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
ab + kjøp, first part is an abbreviation of avbetaling (“installment”), verbal noun form of avbetale (“to pay off, pay installments”), which is a compound of av + betale, first part av (“of, from, by, off”), from Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + betale (“pay, purchase”), from Middle Low German betalen (“of, from, off, by”) with the suffix -ing (“-ing”), from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f. Last part verbal noun form of kjøpe (“to buy, purchase”), from Danish købe (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Danish køpæ (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Norse kaupa (“to buy, purchase”), from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz (noun), from Latin caupō (“tradesman, innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ab-kjøp n (definite singular ab-kjøpet, indefinite plural ab-kjøp, definite plural ab-kjøpa or ab-kjøpene)
- hire purchase, an installment plan
- 1974, Kari Bakke, Gråspurven, page 22:
- møbler og vaskemaskin på AB
- furniture and washing machine on installment
See also edit
- ab-kontrakt (“contract for hire purchase”)
References edit
- “ab-kjøp” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).