cam
Gaelic (Scots)
/kaːm/
adjective
Definitions
- crooked, askew
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish camm (crooked, bent) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kambos (twisted, crooked, curved).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kambos
Gloss
twisted, crooked, curved
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kam English
- *(s)kambo- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kh₂emb- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱambos Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱh₂mbós Proto-Indo-European
- *kam- Proto-Indo-European
- *kamp- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂em- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂em-, *kh₂emp- Proto-Indo-European
- canga Portuguese
- Granta Old English
- gombe Old English
- cam Irish
- camba Galician
- cambo Galician
- cancil Galician
- canga Galician
- cango Galician
- camm Old Irish
- camag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- camag chruinn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cam Manx
- *kambos Proto-Celtic
- cambion Gaulish