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

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: *kamb (attested as kaba (/kamba/) in the inscription of Erfurt-Frienstedt)
- 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: *kamb, kambu, kombu
  - North Frisian:
    - Föhr: kum
    - Hallig: kööm
    - Heligoland: Kum
    - Mooring: köm
  - Saterland Frisian: Koum
  - 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: ᚲᚨᛗᛒᚨᛉ (kambaʀ)
- Old Norse: kambr
  - Icelandic: kambur
  - Faroese: kambur
  - Norn: kamb, kåmb
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: kamb, kam
  - Norwegian Bokmål: kam
  - Old Swedish: kamber
    - Swedish: kam
    - → Finnish: kampa
  - Old Danish: kamb
    - Danish: kam
  - Westrobothnian: kamb
  - Elfdalian: kamb
  - Gutnish: kamb
  - Scanian: køm