Where does “femkamp” come from?
femkamp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kamp, from Middle Low German kamp, from Old Saxon kamp, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
femkamp (Norwegian Bokmål): pentathlon
Definitions
- pentathlon
Ancestry of “femkamp”, step by step
femkamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kamp | a fight; a battle; a match |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kamp | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kamp | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |