kam
Danish
noun
Definitions
- comb
- crest of an animal
- loin, back of a butchered animal
- ridge of a mountain
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kambr inherited from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (comb) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth, peg, row of teeth, teeth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵómbʰos
Gloss
tooth, peg, row of teeth, teeth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backcomb English
- coaming English
- cockscomb English
- comb English
- combability English
- combable English
- combed English
- comber English
- combest English
- combeth English
- combfish English
- combjelly English
- combless English
- comblike English
- combover English
- combwise English
- currycomb English
- flaxcomb English
- gomphosis English
- honeycomb English
- horse-comb English
- microcomb English
- polycomb English
- recomb English
- uncomb English
- gomphus Latin
- Hahnenkamm German
- Kamm German
- γόμφος Ancient Greek
- *ǵómbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵómbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- kam Norwegian Bokmål
- *kambaz Proto-Germanic
- kam Swedish
- Zembik Polish
- Zembol Polish
- Ząbik Polish
- Zębik Polish
- bezzębny Polish
- ozębna Polish
- paroząb Polish
- przyzębie Polish
- rogoząb Polish
- różnoząb Polish
- trójząb Polish
- widłoząb Polish
- wieloząb Polish
- ząb Polish
- zębacz Polish
- zębaty Polish
- zębina Polish
- zębisko Polish
- zębodół Polish
- zębowiec Polish
- zębowiór Polish
- zębowy Polish
- zębowłos Polish
- kam Norwegian Nynorsk
- camb Old English
- comb Middle English
- kambr Old Norse
- *zǫbъ Proto-Slavic
- kambur Icelandic
- γοφός Greek (modern)
- γόμφος Greek (modern)
- kamb Old High German
- kambur Faroese
- camb, kamb, chamb Middle High German
- *kamb gmw-pro
- kamm Estonian
- *kamb Old Dutch
- *ȷ́ámbʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- kamber Old Swedish
- kuum̧ Marshallese
- *komb Old Frisian
- kom Tok Pisin
- konim Tok Pisin
- *dzamba Proto-Albanian
- *źámbas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gómpʰos Proto-Hellenic
- kamb Elfdalian
- køm Scanian
- *keme Proto-Tocharian