Where does “kambos” come from?

kambos (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kamp- — to bend; crooked; crooked.

kambos (Proto-Celtic): curved; twisted, crooked

Definitions

  1. curved; twisted, crooked

Ancestry of “kambos”, step by step

kambos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European kamp-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankamp-to bend; crooked; crooked

via Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱambos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱambos

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kh₂emb-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kh₂emb-to bend, curve

Words derived from “kambos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kamp-