Where does “Titelkampf” come from?

Titelkampf (German) comes from German kampf, from Middle High German kampf, from Old High German kampf, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

Titelkampf (German): title fight match to determine the winner of a championship

Definitions

  1. title fight match to determine the winner of a championship

Ancestry of “Titelkampf”, step by step

Titelkampf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kampf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankampfstruggle, battle, campaign, fight
2Middle High Germankampf
3Old High Germankampf
4Proto-West Germanickampfield; battle
5LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
7Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via German titel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantitelinflection of titeln: ## first-person singular...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-Every word from Latin campus