Where does “camb” come from?

camb (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kamb, from Proto-Germanic kambaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- — to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg.

camb (Old English): comb; crest of a helmet, bird, etc

Definitions

  1. comb; crest of a helmet, bird, etc

Ancestry of “camb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickambcomb
2Proto-Germanickambazcomb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰostooth; row of teeth; peg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰ-to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg

Words derived from “camb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic kambaz →