Re: to buy-revised

Abdullah, are you seriously suggesting that Russian kupyt' and

> kupat' are related?
> The first must at least be related to (and most probably derived
> from one of) the similar Germanic words for "buy" (Buck suggests
> Gothic *kaupjan as the source -- kaupon "carry on business" is
> actually attested), and the standard idea is that these derive

from

> Latin 'caupo'. I don't have an etymology for kupat' (if anyone

is

> able to use Leiden's on-line Database of the Inherited Slavic
> Lexicon, please tell me how), but anyway doesn't it, in Russian at
> least, basically mean "immerse in water" or "bathe", with
> cleanliness an unessential consequence?
> Dan

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According to Petar Skok (ERHSJ, p. 236) Slavi kupiti "to buy"
couldn't be derived from Gothic *kaupjan or Latin "caupo", cause
diphtong au, as we see it in Latin loan reflects Slavic -av or -ov
(cf. lovor, javorika < Latin laurus).
Abdullah Konushevci