Where does “aankopen” come from?

aankopen (Dutch) comes from Dutch kopen, from Middle Dutch côpen, from Old Dutch cōpon, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

aankopen (Dutch): to purchase; to buy

Definitions

  1. to purchase; to buy

Ancestry of “aankopen”, step by step

aankopen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kopen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkopento buy; plural of koop
2Middle Dutchcôpento buy
3Old Dutchcōponto buy
4Proto-West Germanic*kaupōnto buy
5Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
6Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
7LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
8Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Dutch aan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
2Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
3Old Dutchāna—
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “aankopen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →
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