kemb

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kambijaną“to comb”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kambijan
3. Old English · inherited fromcemban
4. Middle English · inherited fromkemben
5. English todaykemb

From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (“to comb”), German kämmen (“to comb”), Danish kæmme (“to comb”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).

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