Where does “kjøpekraft” come from?

kjøpekraft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjøpe, from Danish købe, from Old Danish køpæ, from Old Norse kaupa, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

kjøpekraft (Norwegian Bokmål): buying power, purchasing power

Definitions

  1. buying power, purchasing power

Ancestry of “kjøpekraft”, step by step

kjøpekraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kjøpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkjøpeto buy, to purchase
2Danishkøbebuy; purchase; bribe
3Old Danishkøpæbuy, purchase
4Old Norsekaupato buy
5Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
6Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
7LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
8Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Norwegian Bokmål kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkrafta force; power; i kraft - in force
2Old Norsekraptrstrength
3Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →