Where does “caumber” come from?
caumber (Middle English) comes from Latin camur, from Ottoman Turkish چامور, from Old Anatolian Turkish چامور, from Proto-Turkic *čalpmur.
caumber (Middle English): curved
Ancestry of “caumber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | camur | curved, bent, crooked |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چامور | — |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | چامور | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *čalpmur | — |