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kaupa

kaupa

Icelandic

Verb

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

  1. to buy
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kaupa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kaup

Old Norse

Etymology

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 kaupi.[1]

Verb

kaupa

  1. to buy

Descendants

References

  • 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.