Where does “Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel” come from?
Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (German) comes from German Unkrautbekämpfung, 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 — to bend, to curve.
Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (German): weedkiller
Definitions
- weedkiller
Ancestry of “Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel”, step by step
Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unkrautbekämpfung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unkrautbekämpfung | weed control |
| 2 | German | Bekämpfung | combat, fight, battle |
| 3 | German | bekämpfen | to fight (against something), to combat |
| 4 | German | kämpfen | to fight, to struggle |
| 5 | Middle High German | kempfen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | kempfan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via German mittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 2 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |