Where does “coft” come from?

coft (Scots) comes from Middle Dutch cofte, from Middle Dutch côpen, from Old Dutch cōpon, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

coft (Scots): simple past tense and past participle of coff

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of coff

Ancestry of “coft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcofte—
2Middle Dutchcôpento buy
3Old Dutchcōponto buy
4Proto-West Germanic*kaupōnto buy
5Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
6Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
7LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
8Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →
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