Where does “kambjati” come from?
kambjati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian cambiare, from Spanish cambiar, from Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambiō, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion, from Proto-Celtic kambos, from Proto-Indo-European kamp- — to bend; crooked; crooked.
kambjati (Serbo-Croatian): to change
Ancestry of “kambjati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cambiare | to exchange; to change |
| 2 | Spanish | cambiar | to change, to shift, to switch, to alter; to... |
| 3 | Latin | cambiāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | cambiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cambium | A change; cambium |
| 6 | Gaulish | cambion | change |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | kambos | curved; twisted, crooked |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kamp- | to bend; crooked; crooked |