Where does “Rufmordkampagne” come from?
Rufmordkampagne (German) comes from German Rufmord, from German Ruf, from Middle High German ruof, from Old High German ruof, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
Rufmordkampagne (German): smear campaign
Definitions
- smear campaign
Ancestry of “Rufmordkampagne”, step by step
Rufmordkampagne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rufmord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rufmord | calumny, character assassination |
| 2 | German | Ruf | call; reputation |
| 3 | Middle High German | ruof | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ruof | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German Kampagne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kampagne | campaign |
| 2 | French | campagne | country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside |
| 3 | Italian | campagna | rural area: country, countryside; cultivated... |
| 4 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 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 |