coomb

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gew-“to bend, curve”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kumbaz“bowl, vessel”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kumb
4. Old English · inherited fromcumb“a vessel; a liquid measure”
5. Middle English · inherited from*coumb
6. English todaycoomb

From Middle English *coumb, *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *kumb, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Dutch kom (“basin, bowl”), German Kumpf (“bowl”).

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