Køpmannæhafn

Old Danish

Etymology

Compound of køpmannæ (“merchants' ”) +‎ hafn (“harbon, haven”); literally, “Harbor of the Merchants”. The first part is from Old Norse kaupamanna, genitive plural of kaupamaðr (“merchant”, literally “buyman”, i.e. “a man to buy from”); the second part is from Old Norse hǫfn.

Proper noun

Køpmannæhafn

  1. Copenhagen

Descendants

  • Danish: København
  • → Faroese: Keypmannahavn
  • → Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: København
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