Where does “bekämpningsmedel” come from?
bekämpningsmedel (Swedish) comes from Swedish bekämpning, from Swedish bekämpa, from German bekämpfen, from German kämpfen, from Middle High German kempfen, from Old High German kempfan, from Proto-West Germanic kampijan, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.
bekämpningsmedel (Swedish): a pesticide
Definitions
- a pesticide
Ancestry of “bekämpningsmedel”, step by step
bekämpningsmedel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bekämpning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bekämpning | fight |
| 2 | Swedish | bekämpa | to fight and thus (try to) get rid of (something); to combat (something), to fight (something) |
| 3 | German | bekämpfen | to fight (against something), to combat |
| 4 | German | kämpfen | to fight, to struggle |
| 5 | Middle High German | kempfen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | kempfan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Swedish medel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | medel | a means (to an end) |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lô | clearing in a forest |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lō | forest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lauh | clearing; meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lauhaz | clearing; meadow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lówkos | clearing; open space, clearing; field, meadow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |