købstad

Danish

/købstað/

noun

Definitions

(dated) market town until 1970 with certain privileges

Etymology

Com from Danish købe (buy) + Danish stad (city)inherited from Old Norse kaupstaðr (marketplace).

Origin

Old Norse

kaupstaðr

Gloss

marketplace

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

koopstad Dutch, Flemish
kopen Dutch, Flemish
stad Dutch, Flemish
kjøpstad Norwegian Bokmål
kjøpstad Norwegian Nynorsk
kaupa Old Norse
kaupstaðr Old Norse
hovedstad Danish
købe Danish
købedygtig Danish
køber Danish
købmand Danish
stad Danish
coopstat Middle Dutch
stath Old Danish