Where does “jalkakamppi” come from?

jalkakamppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kamppi, from Swedish kamp, from Low German kempe, from Middle Low German kamp, from Old Saxon kamp, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.

jalkakamppi (Finnish): trip the act of tripping someone's feet

Definitions

  1. trip the act of tripping someone's feet

Ancestry of “jalkakamppi”, step by step

jalkakamppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kamppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkamppitripping; Synonym of ahma
2Swedishkampa fight, a struggle; a fight, a battle; a match;...
3Low Germankempe
4Middle Low Germankamp
5Old Saxonkamp
6Proto-West Germanickampfield; battle
7LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-