Where does “horscamb” come from?

horscamb (Old English) comes from Old English camb, 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.

horscamb (Old English): horse-comb, currycomb

Definitions

  1. horse-comb, currycomb

Ancestry of “horscamb”, step by step

horscamb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English camb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcambcomb; crest of a helmet, bird, etc
2Proto-West Germanickambcomb
3Proto-Germanickambazcomb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰostooth; row of teeth; peg
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰ-to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg

via Old English hors

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhorshorse
2Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
3Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “horscamb”

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