Where does “caam” come from?

caam (Yola) comes from Irish cam, from Old Irish camm, from French Caen, from Proto-Celtic kagyom, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

caam (Yola): crooked

Definitions

  1. crooked

Ancestry of “caam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcamcrooked; bent
2Old Irishcammcrooked, bent, curved, twisted; wavy, curly
3FrenchCaen—
4Proto-Celtickagyompen, enclosure
5Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰyómenclosure, hedge
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “caam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm →Every word from Proto-Celtic kagyom →
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