γόμφος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- bolt, dowel, nail
- (in general) bond, fastener
- cross-ribs of Egyptian canoes
- (surgery) instrument for cautery
- (anatomy) ankle joint
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *gómpʰos 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
- Gemma English
- 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
- gemmotherapy English
- gomphosis English
- honeycomb English
- horse-comb English
- microcomb English
- polycomb English
- recomb English
- uncomb English
- gemma Latin
- gemmarius Latin
- gemmeus Latin
- gemmifer Latin
- gemmula Latin
- gomphus Latin
- Gemma Italian
- Gemma Spanish, Castilian
- gozne Spanish, Castilian
- yema Spanish, Castilian
- yemas Spanish, Castilian
- *gembʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵómbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵómbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- kam Norwegian Bokmål
- *kambaz Proto-Germanic
- kam Swedish
- kam Norwegian Nynorsk
- camb Old English
- horscamb Old English
- hunigcamb Old English
- जम्भ Sanskrit
- comb Middle English
- kambr Old Norse
- kam Danish
- gemme Old French
- gons Old French
- gemma Catalan, Valencian
- kambur Icelandic
- जंभ Hindi
- जबड़ा Hindi
- golfón Galician
- ծամել Armenian
- γοφός Greek (modern)
- γόμφος Greek (modern)
- zobens Latvian
- zobs Latvian
- zobārstniecība Latvian
- zobārsts Latvian
- ծամեմ Old Armenian
- kambur Faroese
- Gemma Tagalog
- dhëmb Albanian
- *gimmu gmw-pro
- *kamb gmw-pro
- gema Old Portuguese
- *ȷ́ámbʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- kamber Old Swedish
- yema Asturian
- *ȷ́ámbʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kuum̧ Marshallese
- gonce Old Spanish
- kom Tok Pisin
- konim Tok Pisin
- *dzamba Proto-Albanian
- *źámbas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gómpʰos Proto-Hellenic
- kamb Elfdalian
- køm Scanian
- *keme Proto-Tocharian