ceapmann

Old English

Alternative forms

ċēapman, cȳpman, cȳpeman

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann; equivalent to ċēap +‎ mann.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑnn/, [ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑn]

Noun

ċēapmann m

businessman, merchant

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēapmann	ċēapmenn
accusative	ċēapmann	ċēapmenn
genitive	ċēapmannes	ċēapmanna
dative	ċēapmenn	ċēapmannum

Descendants

Middle English: chapman, capman, chepman, chipman, schapman, schipman, shapmann, chapmon, chæpmon, chepmon (Early Middle English), chappmann (Ormulum)
- English: chapman
  - ⇒ English: chap
    - Pennsylvania German: Tschaepp (“guy”)
- Scots: chapman

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ċēapmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.