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Where does “cumb” come from?

cumb (Middle English) comes from Old English cumb, from Proto-Germanic kumbaz — bowl, vessel; vat, tub.

Ancestry of “cumb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcumba hollow, narrow valley, combe; a measure of...
2Proto-Germanickumbazbowl, vessel; vat, tub

Words derived from “cumb”

  • coomb
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