Where does “коупъ” come from?

коупъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic kupъ, from Proto-Indo-European kowp-.

коупъ (Old Church Slavonic): heap; trade

Definitions

  1. heap; trade

Ancestry of “коупъ”, step by step

коупъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic kupъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickupъheap, mound
2Proto-Indo-Europeankowp-—

via Proto-Germanic kaup-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kowp- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kupъ →