Where does “tikamp” come from?
tikamp (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
tikamp (Norwegian Nynorsk): decathlon
Definitions
- decathlon
Ancestry of “tikamp”, step by step
tikamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk ti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ti | ten; ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent... |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | si | feminine singular of sin; si, a syllable used in... |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sidan | since; because, since; ago |
| 4 | Old Norse | síðan | since, after; afterwards, later on; from the time... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīþuz | late |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |