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]

    1. 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 (Early Middle English, West Midlands)
        • English: camp (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: camp
    • Old Frisian: komp
    • Old Saxon: *kamp
    • Old Dutch: *camp
    • Old High German: kampf

    References

    1. ^ Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012) “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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