Where does “kauppaaja” come from?

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

kauppaaja (Finnish): hawker

Definitions

  1. hawker

Ancestry of “kauppaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaupataTo pitch, sell
2Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
3Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
4LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
5Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupaz →