Kummer.
grief, sorrow
Meaning & usage
grief, sorrow
trouble
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kumber (“debris, rubble, obstruction, distress, encumbrance, confiscation”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Kommer, Dutch kommer, Old Frisian kummer. * Probably from Old French *combre (“obstruction, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”). Compare Middle French combre, Medieval Latin combrus, English cumber. * Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kumbr (“burden, trouble, sorrow”).
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