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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*kambaz m[1]
- comb
Inflection
Declension of *kambaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*kambaz
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*kambōz, *kambōs
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vocative
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*kamb
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*kambōz, *kambōs
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accusative
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*kambą
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*kambanz
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genitive
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*kambas, *kambis
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*kambǫ̂
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dative
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*kambai
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*kambamaz
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instrumental
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*kambō
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*kambamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: ᚲᚨᛒᚨ (kaba /kamba/) [250–320 AD]
- Proto-West Germanic: *kamb
- Old English: camb, comb
- Old Frisian: ᚳᚪᛒᚢ (kabu /kambu/), ᚳᚩᛒᚢ (kobu /kombu/)
- North Frisian:
- Föhr: kum
- Hallig: kööm
- Heligoland: Kum
- Mooring: köm
- Saterland Frisian: Koum m
- West Frisian: kaem, kaam
- Old Saxon: kamb, camb
- Middle Low German: kam
- German Low German: Kamm
- Plautdietsch: Kaum
- Old Dutch: *kamb
- Old High German: kamb, camb, chamb
- Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*kabaʀ)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kamba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279