cam
Irish (Donegal)
/kaumˠ/, /kɑːmˠ/, /kamˠ/
adj
Definitions
- crooked
- (offensive) bent homosexual
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
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Property
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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
- camán Irish
- camánacht Irish
- camba Galician
- cambo Galician
- cancil Galician
- canga Galician
- cango Galician
- camm Old Irish
- cammán Old Irish
- cam Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cam Manx
- *kambos Proto-Celtic
- cambion Gaulish