Where does “huniġcamb” come from?

huniġcamb (Old English) comes from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks — honey.

huniġcamb (Old English): honeycomb

Definitions

  1. honeycomb

Ancestry of “huniġcamb”, step by step

huniġcamb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English huniġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhuniġhoney
2Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
3Proto-Germanic*hunagą—
4Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
5Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney

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

Words derived from “huniġcamb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunangą →