compaing

Old French

Alternative forms

• compain, compaign, cumpain
• compainz (with analogical nominative /-s/)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.?

Latin pānis

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq.

Latin compāniō

Old French compaing

Inherited from Latin compāniō. See compaignon for more.

Noun

compaing m

1. nominative singular of compaignon

Descendants

• French: copain, ⇒ compagne
• → Middle High German: kompān, kumpān
  • German: Kumpan, Kumpel
  • → Polish: kompan
• → Middle Low German: kumpān
  • → Old Swedish: kumpan
    • Swedish: kumpan
    • → Finnish: kumppani
  • → Old Danish: kompæn, kompan, kumpan
    • Danish: kumpan