[tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

> I am thinking not at "schimpfen" anmd "krumm" which obviously have
> nothing to do with "change" but at kaufen, Slavic "kupati", Rom.
> "cumpar", I am thinking at "expensive" which is "scump" in Rom. and
> "skupo" in some Slavic language. Please consider that I did not

verifiey

> anything until now but it seems logical that the change of the

goods to

> have been before sell/buy, and that there should be a connection.
> If you allow me, I should like to study a bit this aspect and the

words

> I think it could fit together since I am very sceptical as seeing

German

> "kaufen" as a loan from "caupo". I assume there has been an "kup-"

if

> not a *kumb-", with Slavic "ku(~)p-" ( from German ?). It seems a
> interesting path, but it can be it is an empty one.
>
> Alex

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You are apparently not alone in being skeptical about
'kaufen' <-- 'caupo'.
But if you are postulating *kumb- on the basis of Rom. 'cumpar',
forget it. That's from L. 'comparare' "prepare, provide, obtain".
Cf. It. 'comprare', Sp. 'comprar' (from Buck).
Dan