Etymology Explorer › Old EnglishWhere 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 fellow soldier, brother-in-arms Ancestry of “campgefera”, step by step campgefera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English ġefēra Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old English ġefēra companion, comrade 2 Old English ġē ye 3 Proto-Germanic jahw and, also 4 Proto-Germanic -hw and; Forms distributives from interrogatives 5 Proto-Germanic -hwe — 6 Proto-Indo-European -kʷe and; Forms distributives from interrogatives
via Old English camp Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old English camp combat; an enclosed piece of land 2 Proto-West Germanic kamp field; battle 3 Latin campus Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... 4 Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- to bend; crooked; to bend, curve 5 Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- to bend, to curve