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

1. 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, ċēapman, cȳpman, cȳpeman
  • Middle English: chapman, capman, chepman, chipman, schapman, schipman, shapmann, chapmon, chæpmon, chepmon (Early Middle English), chappmann (Ormulum)
    • English: chapman
      • ⇒ English: chap
        • Pennsylvania German: Tschaepp (“guy”)
    • Scots: chapman
• 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)