Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kamp

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”).^[1]

Noun

*kamp m^[2]

field, battlefield

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kamp
Genitive	*kampas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kamp	kampō, kampōs
Accusative	*kamp	*kampā
Genitive	*kampas	*kampō
Dative	*kampē	*kampum
Instrumental	*kampu	*kampum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: camp
- Middle English: kampe, komp, comp
  - English: camp (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: camp
Old Frisian: komp
- North Frisian: kåmp
- Saterland Frisian: Kamp, Komp
- West Frisian: kamp
Old Saxon: *kamp
- Middle Low German: kamp
  - German Low German: Kamp
  - → Danish: kamp
  - → German: Kamp
  - → Norwegian: kamp
  - → Swedish: kamp
Old Dutch: *camp
- Middle Dutch: camp
  - Dutch: kamp
Old High German: kampf
- Middle High German: kampf
  - Bavarian: Kåmpf
  - German: Kampf
  - Yiddish: קאַמף (kamf)

References

^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 62.
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *kamp”

[1] Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 62.

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *kamp”

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