Where does “cēap” come from?

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

cēap (Old English): cattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...

Definitions

  1. cattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...

Ancestry of “cēap”, step by step

cēap 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 “cēap”

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