Where does “snabbköp” come from?

snabbköp (Swedish) comes from Swedish köp, from Old Swedish kø̄p, from Old Swedish kø̄pa — to buy, to trade.

snabbköp (Swedish): a grocery store, a supermarket (self-service store)

Definitions

  1. a grocery store, a supermarket (self-service store)

Ancestry of “snabbköp”, step by step

snabbköp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish köp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishköppurchase
2Old Swedishkø̄p—
3Old Swedishkø̄pato buy, to trade

via Swedish snabb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnabbfast, quick; fast, fast-blow
2Middle High Germansnabento snap, snort
Every word from Old Swedish kø̄pa →