Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaup
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *kaupōn (“to buy, trade”).
Noun
edit*kaup m[1]
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kaup | |
Genitive | *kaupas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kaup | *kaupō, *kaupōs |
Accusative | *kaup | *kaupā |
Genitive | *kaupas | *kaupō |
Dative | *kaupē | *kaupum |
Instrumental | *kaupu | *kaupum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: ċēap
- Old Frisian: kāp
- Old Saxon: kōp
- Old Dutch: cōp, *coup
- Old High German: kouf
- German: Kauf
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *kaup”