Where does “ċēapian” come from?

ċēapian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

ċēapian (Old English): to bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the...

Definitions

  1. to bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the...

Ancestry of “ċēapian”, step by step

ċēapian traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kaupōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
2Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Proto-Germanic kaupaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase

via Proto-Germanic kaupijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickaupijanąto buy; trade

Words derived from “ċēapian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →