kam

Swedish

/kam/, [kʰam]

noun
Definitions
  • a comb for grooming hair
  • a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
  • a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
  • a crest, ridge of a wave
  • a cam, a part of an engine

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kamber inherited from Old Norse kambr inherited from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (comb) derived 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

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