Where does “kaum” come from?

kaum (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kam, from Old Saxon kamb, 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.

kaum (Plautdietsch): barely

Definitions

  1. barely

Ancestry of “kaum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankam—
2Old Saxonkambcomb
3Proto-West Germanickambcomb
4Proto-Germanickambazcomb
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰostooth; row of teeth; peg
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰ-to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic kambaz →