Where does “snøballkamp” come from?
snøballkamp (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.
snøballkamp (Norwegian Bokmål): a snowball fight
Definitions
- a snowball fight
Ancestry of “snøballkamp”, step by step
snøballkamp 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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål snøball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | snøball | a snowball |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ball | ball solid or hollow sphere |
| 3 | Danish | bål | fire, bonfire, pyre |
| 4 | French | bal | dance party, ball |
| 5 | Late Latin | ballare | to play, dance; to dance; present active... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βαλλίζω | to dance, jump about |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |