Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kambaz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑm.bɑz/

Noun

*kambaz m

1. comb

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kambaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kambaz	*kambōz, *kambōs
vocative	*kamb	*kambōz, *kambōs
accusative	*kambą	*kambanz
genitive	*kambas, *kambis	*kambǫ̂
dative	*kambai	*kambamaz
instrumental	*kambō	*kambamiz

Derived terms

• *kambijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: ᚲᚨᛒᚨ (kaba /⁠kamba⁠/) [250–320 AD]
  • 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)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*kabaʀ)
  • Old Norse: kambr
    • Icelandic: kambur
    • Faroese: kambur
    • Norn: kamb, kåmb
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kamb, kam
    • Elfdalian: kamb
    • Old Swedish: kamber
      • Swedish: kam
      • → Finnish: kampa
    • Old Danish: kamb
      • Danish: kam
        • Norwegian Bokmål: kam
    • Gutnish: kamb
    • Scanian: køm