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Oteut Representative Ca(c)pan Distinct Ca1/2pan Sell Phonetic Kaupjan

Front Kepen. AS. cA(C)pan,
Back to keep, should be kept quite distinct from AS. cA1/2pan, to sell. AS. cA1/2pan is the phonetic representative of OTeut. kaupjan, whereas cA(C)pan, to keep, represents an OTeut. *ko*pjan. Cp. E. keen, the representative of AS. cA(C)ne, OTeut. *ko*ni (G. kA1/4hn). See Kluge's note in P. &B. BeitrAge, viii. 538. [Addition] to keep, should be kept quite distinct from AS. cA1/2pan, to sell. AS. cA1/2pan is the phonetic representative of OTeut. kaupjan, whereas cA(C)pan, to keep, represents an OTeut. *ko*pjan. Cp. E. keen, the representative of AS. cA(C)ne, OTeut. *ko*ni (G. kA1/4hn). See Kluge's note in P. &B. BeitrAge, viii. 538.

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