Where does “kamp” come from?

kamp (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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.

kamp (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fight; a battle; a match

Definitions

  1. a fight; a battle; a match

Ancestry of “kamp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankamp—
2Old Saxonkamp—
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 “kamp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →