LL-L "Phonology" 2004.03.22 (04) [E]

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From: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth at gnu.org>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2004.03.22 (01) [E]

Kiøbenhaffn/københavn

dan. kiøbe/købe ~ nds/nld. kopen which comes from Latin caupo
dan. haffn/havn ~ nds/nld. haven mearning harbor

Copper is kobber (pronounced like [kOu@]) in Danish.

Kenneth

> Heiko wrote:
> "For the origin of København, I have heard that the first part means
> merchant..."
>
> This is funny, because in my own peculiar folk etymology I always thought
> the "Koeben" and "Copen" meant "copper" as in "Copperhaven."  I was
> analysing it as "cobre" in Spanish and copper in English.  I don't
remember
> other languages' word for copper, but I remember they were all similar.
> Now, that analysis fit nicely with the fact that so many of the roofs of
the
> main buildings there are made from copper.

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