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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From an attested earlier form ᚲᚨᛒᚨ (kaba /kamba/) (inscription of Erfurt-Frienstedt), from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.
Noun
*kamb m
- comb
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kamb
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| Genitive
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*kambas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kamb
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*kambō, *kambōs
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| Accusative
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*kamb
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*kambā
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| Genitive
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*kambas
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*kambō
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| Dative
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*kambē
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*kambum
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| Instrumental
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*kambu
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*kambum
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Descendants
- 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