Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kamb

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Likely attested on the inscription of Erfurt-Frienstedt as ᚲᚨᛒᚨ (kaba /⁠kamba⁠/), with retained final vowel.

Noun

*kamb m

1. comb

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kamb
Genitive	*kambas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kamb	*kambō, *kambōs
Accusative	*kamb	*kambā
Genitive	*kambas	*kambō
Dative	*kambē	*kambum
Instrumental	*kambu	*kambum

Descendants

• 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)