Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaup

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Deverbal from *kaupōn (“to buy, trade”).

Noun

kaup m^[1]

trade, purchase

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaup(a)
Genitive	*kaupas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaup(a)	*kaupōs
Accusative	*kaup(a)	*kaupā
Genitive	*kaupas	*kaupō
Dative	*kaupē	*kaupum
Instrumental	*kaupu	*kaupum

Descendants

Old English: ċēap
- Middle English: chep, chepe
  - English: cheap
Old Frisian: kāp
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: kuup
- Saterland Frisian: Koop
- West Frisian: keap
Old Saxon: kōp
Old Dutch: cōp, *coup
- Middle Dutch: côop, coup
  - Dutch: koop
  - Limburgish: koup
Old High German: kouf
- Middle High German: kouf, keuf
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Kaaf
  - German: Kauf

References

^ 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”

[1] 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”

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