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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *kaupōn (“to buy, trade”) + *mann.
Noun
*kaupamann m
- merchant
- Synonyms: *kaupō, *mangārī
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kaupamann
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| Genitive
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*kaupamanni
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kaupamann
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*kaupamanni
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| Accusative
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*kaupamannu
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*kaupamanni
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| Genitive
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*kaupamanni
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*kaupamannō
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| Dative
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*kaupamanni
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*kaupamannum
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| Instrumental
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*kaupamanni
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*kaupamannum
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Descendants
- Old English: ċēapmann, ċēapman, cȳpman, cȳpeman
- Middle English: chapman, capman, chepman, chipman, schapman, schipman, shapmann, chapmon, chæpmon, chepmon (Early Middle English), chappmann (Ormulum)
- Old Frisian: kāpmann, kāpmonn
- Saterland Frisian: Koopmon
- West Frisian: keapman
- Old Saxon: kōpman
- Middle Low German: kôpman
- Old Dutch: kōpman
- Old High German: koufman
- Middle High German: koufman
- German: Kaufmann
- Hunsrik: Kaafmann
- Vilamovian: kaojfmaon
- Yiddish: קויפֿמאַן (koyfman)