Where does “kamb” come from?

kamb (Old Saxon) 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.

kamb (Old Saxon): comb

Definitions

  1. comb

Ancestry of “kamb”, step by step

kamb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic kamb

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

via Proto-Germanic *kamb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kamb—

Words derived from “kamb”

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