Where does “ceapstow” come from?

ceapstow (Old English) comes from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

ceapstow (Old English): marketplace

Definitions

  1. marketplace

Ancestry of “ceapstow”, step by step

ceapstow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English stōw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstōwplace, locality, site; place, location; a place,...
2Proto-West Germanic*stōua place
3Proto-Germanic*stōōa place, location, site
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂w-to set, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Old English cēap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcēapcattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...
2Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
3Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
4LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
5Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stōō →