Re: [tied] caupo?

tgpedersen wrote:

>> comparare > cumpãra; to buy ( semantic shift)
>
> or the mysterious 'caupo' again (au < ão á la Portuguese)?
> Kuiper's 'bird language'?
>
> Torsten

The problem is is, was "au" in Latin "caupa", "cauponari" a diphtong or
not?

Alex