Where does “kampf” come from?

kampf (German) comes 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.

kampf (German): struggle, battle, campaign, fight

Definitions

  1. struggle, battle, campaign, fight

Ancestry of “kampf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kampf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →