Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaupamann

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kaupōn (“to buy, trade”) +‎ *mann.

Noun

*kaupamann m

merchant
Synonyms: *kaupō, *mangārī

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaupamann
Genitive	*kaupamanni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaupamann	*kaupamanni
Accusative	*kaupamannu	*kaupamanni
Genitive	*kaupamanni	*kaupamannō
Dative	*kaupamanni	*kaupamannum
Instrumental	*kaupamanni	*kaupamannum

Descendants

Old English: ċēapmann
- Middle English: chepman
  - English: chapman (obsolete); Chapman (a surname)
  - Scots: chapman, chepman
Old Frisian: kāpmann, kāpmonn
- Saterland Frisian: Koopmon
- West Frisian: keapman
Old Saxon: kōpman
- Middle Low German: kôpman
  - German Low German: Koopmann
  - Plautdietsch: Koopmaun
  - → Swedish: köpman
  - → Danish: købmand
  - → Gutnish: kaupman
Old Dutch: kōpman
- Middle Dutch: koopman
  - Dutch: koopman
    - Afrikaans: koopman
Old High German: koufman
- Middle High German: koufman
  - German: Kaufmann
  - Hunsrik: Kaafmann
  - Vilamovian: kaojfmaon
  - Yiddish: קויפֿמאַן (koyfman)

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