ceapmann

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċēapman, cȳpman, cȳpeman

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann; equivalent to ċēap +‎ mann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑnn/, [ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑn]

Noun

ċēapmann m

1. businessman, merchant

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēapmann	ċēapmenn
accusative	ċēapmann	ċēapmenn
genitive	ċēapmannes	ċēapmanna
dative	ċēapmenn	ċēapmannum

Descendants

• 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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ċēapmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.