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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kupiti

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology 1

Causative of *kupъ (“heap, pile”) +‎ *-iti. Akin to Lithuanian kaũpti (“to pile up, to dig up”)[1].

In modern languages, mostly superseded by the Germanic loanword *kupiti (“to purchase”) (Etymology 2).

Verb

*kupìti impf[2]

  1. to pile, to gather
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *sъvъkupiti (“to assemble”)
  • *kupitьba (“collection”)
  • *kupьščina (“pile, assembly”)
  • *kupišče (“stack, large amount”)
  • *kupьnъ (“piled, gathered”)
    • *kupьno (“together, simultaneously”) (adverb)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: купитисѧ (kupitisę)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną (“to trade”) probably via Gothic (compare Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn)), itself from Latin caupō (“tradesman”), possibly ultimately from Hittite 𒄩𒀊𒉺𒅈 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”)[3] (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-). The Germanic lemma is also loaned in Finnish kaupita.

Verb

*kupìti pf (imperfective *kupovati)[4][5]

  1. to buy, to trade
Inflection
  • *kupъ (“purchase, stock”)
    • *podъkupъ (“bribe”)
    • *otъkupъ (“ransom”)
    • *pokupъka (“purchase”)
Derived terms
  • *kupľa (“trade”)
  • *kupľьnъ (“commercial”)
  • *kupьcь (“trader, buyer”)
  • *kupьčьjь (“merchant”)
Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “kaupti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “(sъ-vъ-)kupiti: -kupjǫ -kupitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sammenfatte (PR 137)”
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κάπηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 638
  4. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kupiti: kupjǫ kupitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b købe (PR 137)”
  5. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kupīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kupi̋ti”
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