Where does “Freikorps” come from?

Freikorps (German) comes from German frei, from Middle High German vrî, from Old High German frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

Freikorps (German): a corps of military or paramilitary and free (autonomous) nature, in some cases a private militia or army

Definitions

  1. a corps of military or paramilitary and free (autonomous) nature, in some cases a private militia or army

Ancestry of “Freikorps”, step by step

Freikorps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German frei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfreifree; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free;...
2Middle High Germanvrî—
3Old High Germanfrīfree
4Proto-West Germanicfrīfree
5Proto-Germanicfrijazfree
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpriHósdear, beloved; happy, free
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please

via German korps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankorpscorps
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “Freikorps”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European preyH- →