ᚲᚨᛒᚨ

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Noun

ᚲᚨᛒᚨ (kaba /kamba/) m

1. comb
   • 3rd century, Erfurt-Frienstedt comb (the ᚲ-rune is mirrored)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kamb
  • Old English: camb, comb
    • Middle English: comb, combe, kombe, camb, kambe, cambe
      • English: comb
      • Scots: camb, came, kame, kaim, kem
      • Yola: cowm, khime
  • 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
    • Middle Dutch: kamp, kamme, kam
      • Dutch: kam (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: kamb, kamp
  • Old High German: kamb, camb, chamb
    • Middle High German: kamp, kam
      • Cimbrian: khamp
      • German: Kamm
      • Luxembourgish: Kamp
      • Yiddish: קאַם (kam)