Kummer
German (Berlin)
/ˈkʊmɐ/
noun
Definitions
- grief, sorrow
- (colloquial) trouble
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kumber (rubble, obstruction, nuisance, trouble, confiscation, debris, encumbrance, distress) derived from Old French *combre (barrier, obstruction) derived from Latin combrus, cumulus (heap, a heap, pile, an accumulation) derived from Gaulish *komberū.
Origin
Gaulish
*komberū
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cumulus English
- disencumbrance English
- encumbrance English
- encumbrancer English
- cumulus Finnish
- combrus Latin
- cumulo Latin
- cumulus Latin
- incombrō Latin
- Kummerspeck German
- Speck German
- kümmerlich German
- kommer Dutch, Flemish
- comble French
- colmo Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰéreti Proto-Indo-European
- *ku-m-olo Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- cumulusmoln Swedish
- encombraunce Middle English
- *combre Old French
- combre Old French
- kumber Middle High German
- kumbern Middle High German
- *comboros Proto-Celtic
- *kombereti Proto-Celtic
- *kuml Proto-Brythonic
- *komberū Gaulish