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Køpmannæhafn
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Old Danish
Etymology
Compound of gmq-oda køpmannæ hafn merchants'  harbon, haven; Harbor of the Merchants 1. The first part is from gmq-oda non kaupamanna, genitive plural of non kaupamaðr (“merchant”, literally “buyman”, i.e. “a man to buy from”); the second part is from gmq-oda non hǫfn.
Proper noun
gmq-oda proper noun
en Copenhagen
Descendants
da København
non Kaupmannahǫfn 1
is Kaupmannahöfn
fo Keypmannahavn
gmq-osw *Kø̄pmanhafn *Kø̄pmanhamn 1
sv Köpenhamn
fi Kööpenhamina 1
gmq-oda Capital cities