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 kaba (/kamba/), with retained final vowel.

Noun

*kamb m

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: *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)