copor

See also: čopor

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

coper

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *kop(p)r, from Latin cuprum, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”). Cognate with Old High German kupfar (“copper”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈko.por/

Noun edit

copor n

copper

Declension edit

Declension of copor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	copor	coporu
accusative	copor	coporu
genitive	copores	copora
dative	copore	coporum

Descendants edit

Middle English: coper
- English: copper
  - → Maori: kapa
  - → Shona: kopa
- Scots: coper, copper
- → Cornish: kober
- → Irish: copar
- → Manx: cobbyr
- → Scottish Gaelic: copar
- → Welsh: copor
→ Old Norse: koparr^[1]
- Icelandic: kopar
- Faroese: kopar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kopar
- Old Danish: kopær
  - Danish: kobber
    - Norwegian Bokmål: kobber
- Old Swedish: koppar, kopar
  - Swedish: koppar
  - → Finnish: kupari

References edit

^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “koparr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill

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