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Where does “kamel” come from?

kamel (Danish) comes from Old Norse kamell, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

kamel (Danish): camel

Definitions

  1. camel

Ancestry of “kamel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekamell—
2Latincamēlus—
3Ancient Greekκάμηλοςcamel
4Proto-Semiticgamal-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →