købstad

Danish

/købstað/

noun
Definitions
  • (dated) market town until 1970 with certain privileges

Etymology

Com from Danish købe (buy) + Danish stad (city)inherited from Old Norse kaupstaðr (marketplace).

Origin

Old Norse

kaupstaðr

Gloss

marketplace

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