Kauba (Kaup)

Goods, wares, merchandise. Germanic loanword, German Kauf or Swedish köp. Same proto-Germanic root *kaupa- gives Finnish kaupunki, city, Denmark’s København or Copenhagen (see Hobusepea), trading-port dating back to at least 11th C, earliest recorded name: Køpmannæhafn Traders’/Merchants’ harbor (see Silgu). Previously Frachtstraße, Waarenstraße, Товарная ул, respectively freight, wares, commodities.