Where does “campgefera” come from?

campgefera (Old English) comes from Old English ġefēra, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

campgefera (Old English): fellow soldier, brother-in-arms

Definitions

  1. fellow soldier, brother-in-arms

Ancestry of “campgefera”, step by step

campgefera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġefēra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġefēracompanion, comrade
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English camp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcampcombat; an enclosed piece of land
2Proto-West Germanickampfield; battle
3LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe
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