kemb

English

Etymology

From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (“to comb”), German kämmen (“to comb”), Danish kæmme (“to comb”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).

Pronunciation

Verb

kemb (third-person singular simple present kembs, present participle kembing, simple past and past participle kembed or kempt)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Noun

kemb (plural kembs)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Derived terms

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