Where does “Verbrechensbekämpfung” come from?
Verbrechensbekämpfung (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.
Verbrechensbekämpfung (German): fight against crime
Definitions
- fight against crime
Ancestry of “Verbrechensbekämpfung”, step by step
Verbrechensbekämpfung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bekämpfung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bekämpfung | combat, fight, battle |
| 2 | German | bekämpfen | to fight (against something), to combat |
| 3 | German | kämpfen | to fight, to struggle |
| 4 | Middle High German | kempfen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kempfan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via German verbrechen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verbrechen | to do (something wrong); to be at fault for |
| 2 | Middle High German | verbrechen | to breach, violate |
| 3 | Old High German | farbrechan | — |