Where does “kamp” come from?

kamp (Swedish) comes from Low German kempe, 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.

kamp (Swedish): a fight, a struggle; a fight, a battle; a match;...

Definitions

  1. a fight, a struggle; a fight, a battle; a match;...

Ancestry of “kamp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germankempe—
2Middle Low Germankamp—
3Old Saxonkamp—
4Proto-West Germanickampfield; battle
5LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
7Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

Words derived from “kamp”

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