Estonian edit

Noun edit

kaupa

  1. partitive singular of kaup
  2. illative singular of kaup

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kaupa.

Verb edit

kaupa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keypti, supine keypt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to buy
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

kaupa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kaup

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with English cheap, German kaufen. Common Germanic of debated etymology:

  1. Proto-Germanic *kaupaz (noun), from Latin caupō (tradesman). Cognate with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn, barter).
  2. Of native origin, going on Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kaupatjan, strike, cuff), which is morphologically compatible with kaupa. Senses in other languages derived by relating striking (of hands) to transaction, as with strike a bargain, slá kaup.[1]

Verb edit

kaupa

  1. to buy

Conjugation edit

Note the vowel change (kaupakeypti).

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: kaupa
  • Faroese: keypa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kaupa, kjøpa
  • Old Swedish: kø̄pa
  • Old Danish: køpæ
  • Finnish: kauppa

References edit

  • kaupa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ George Hempl, University of Michigan. "Etymologies - Cheap, cope, coup, kaupatjan, caupo, κάπηλος, etc." Modern language notes, Volume 17, pp. 210-212. Johns Hopkins University, JSTOR, via Google Books.