kämmen
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɛmən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to comb; to brush (hair)
- (transitive) to comb or brush someone’s hair
- (reflexive) to brush one’s own hair
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kemben inherited from Old High German kemben inherited from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (comb).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kambijaną
Gloss
comb
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kemb English
- kembster English
- abkämmen German
- durchkämmen German
- *kambijaną Proto-Germanic
- cemban Old English
- kemben Middle English
- kemba Old Norse
- kemben Old High German
- ķemme Latvian
- ķemmēt Latvian
- ķemmēšana Latvian
- kemben Middle High German
- kämmen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *kambijan gmw-pro
- *kemben Old Dutch
- kamm Livonian