kemp
English
/kɛmp/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kempe (kemper, soldier, fish vat, warrior, coarse hairs) inherited from Old English cenep (moustache, bristling with points, bit) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (beard, whiskers, moustache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (jaw, chin, cheek).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵénus
Gloss
jaw, chin, cheek
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頤
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kemper English
- moustache English
- moustached English
- moustacheless English
- moustachelike English
- moustachial English
- gena Latin
- moustache French
- ἀζήν Ancient Greek
- *ǵénus Proto-Indo-European
- *kanipaz Proto-Germanic
- *kinnuz Proto-Germanic
- cempa Old English
- cenep Old English
- kempe Middle English
- kempes Middle English
- kanpr Old Norse
- mwstas Welsh
- ginach Old Irish
- mustais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *genus Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ʰánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian