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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kam.

comb

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. comb

    common-gender

  2. crest (of an animal)

    common-gender

  3. loin, back (of a butchered animal)

    common-gender

  4. ridge (of a mountain)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse kambr, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, Norwegian, Swedish kam, English comb, German Kamm. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”), which is also the source of Sanskrit: जम्भः (jámbhaḥ, “tooth”), Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”), Polish ząb (“tooth”).

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