Where does “Unkrautbekämpfung” come from?

Unkrautbekämpfung (German) comes from German Bekämpfung, from German bekämpfen, from German kämpfen, from Middle High German kempfen, from Old High German kempfan, from Proto-West Germanic kampijan, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.

Unkrautbekämpfung (German): weed control

Definitions

  1. weed control

Ancestry of “Unkrautbekämpfung”, step by step

Unkrautbekämpfung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bekämpfung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBekämpfungcombat, fight, battle
2Germanbekämpfento fight (against something), to combat
3Germankämpfento fight, to struggle
4Middle High Germankempfen
5Old High Germankempfan
6Proto-West Germanickampijanto battle; to campaign
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 German Unkraut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnkrautweed, weeds
2Middle Low Germanunkrūt
3Middle Low Germankrūtspices; vegetables, spices
4Old Saxonkrūd
5Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant

Words derived from “Unkrautbekämpfung

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-Every word from Latin campus