Where does “Ringkämpfer” come from?

Ringkämpfer (German) comes from German Kämpfer, from French camphre, from Middle French champore, from Old French camphore, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά, from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur — lime, calcium.

Ringkämpfer (German): wrestler

Definitions

  1. wrestler

Ancestry of “Ringkämpfer”, step by step

Ringkämpfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kämpfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKämpferagent noun of kämpfen; fighter
2Frenchcamphrecamphor
3Middle Frenchchampore
4Old Frenchcamphore
5Medieval Latincamphora
6Ancient Greekκαμφορά
7Arabicكَافُور
8Malaykapurlime
9Pahlavi𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫
10Sanskritकर्पूरcamphor
11Palikappūracamphor
12Old Malaykapur
13Proto-Malayic*kapur
14Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium

via German ring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanringsingular imperative of ringen; first-person...
2Old High Germanringring object in the shape of a circle
3Proto-West Germanichringring, circle
4Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
5Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀEvery word from Proto-Malayic *kapurEvery word from Old Malay kapur
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