Where does “kaubamaja” come from?

kaubamaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian kaup, from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

kaubamaja (Estonian): department store

Definitions

  1. department store

Ancestry of “kaubamaja”, step by step

kaubamaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kaup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankaupgoods, merchandise
2Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
3Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
4LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
5Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Estonian maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmajahouse
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupaz →