Kamm

German (Berlin)

/kam/

noun
Definitions
  • comb
  • crest (of various animals), comb (of rooster)
  • (cooking) shoulder (of pork), neck (of mutton/beef)
  • ridge (of hills, mountains)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German camb, kamb, chamb inherited from Old High German chamb (comb) inherited from *kamb inherited from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (comb) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth, peg, row of teeth, teeth), *ǵómbʰ- (peg, tooth, gnaw through, horn, pierce).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵómbʰ-

Gloss

peg, tooth, gnaw through, horn, pierce

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

歯

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