Where does “frihetskämpe” come from?
frihetskämpe (Swedish) comes from Swedish frihet, from Swedish -het, from Old Swedish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
frihetskämpe (Swedish): freedom fighter
Definitions
- freedom fighter
Ancestry of “frihetskämpe”, step by step
frihetskämpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish frihet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | frihet | freedom, liberty |
| 2 | Swedish | -het | Productive suffix giving an adjective a nounal... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -het | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via Swedish kämpe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kämpe | fighter |
| 2 | Danish | kæmpe | gigantic, colossal; giant; warrior |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kempe | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | kempio | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kamp | — |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |