Where does “akafen” come from?

akafen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish kafen, from Middle High German koufen, from Old High German koufen, from Proto-Germanic *kaupijan.

akafen (Luxembourgish): to go shopping

Definitions

  1. to go shopping

Ancestry of “akafen”, step by step

akafen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish kafen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishkafento buy
2Middle High Germankoufen—
3Old High Germankoufento buy
4Proto-Germanic*kaupijan—

via Luxembourgish an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishanand; in
2Proto-Germanicinin; into
3Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “akafen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *kaupijan →Every word from Old High German koufen →Every word from Middle High German koufen →