Where does “uafhængighedskamp” come from?
uafhængighedskamp (Danish) comes from Danish uafhængighed, from Danish uafhængig, from Danish afhængig, from Danish afhænge, from German abhängen, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen — to hang.
uafhængighedskamp (Danish): independence battle
Definitions
- independence battle
Ancestry of “uafhængighedskamp”, step by step
uafhængighedskamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish uafhængighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | uafhængighed | independence |
| 2 | Danish | uafhængig | independent |
| 3 | Danish | afhængig | addicted; dependent |
| 4 | Danish | afhænge | to depend |
| 5 | German | abhängen | to depend; to hang out; to take down |
| 6 | German | hängen | to hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to... |
| 7 | Middle High German | hangen | — |
| 8 | Old High German | hangen | to hang |
| 9 | West Germanic | *hangēn | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hangāną | to hang, to be suspended |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱenk- | to hang |
via Danish kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kamp | battle, struggle; endeavour, struggle; game,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kamp | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kamp | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |