kambr

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Breton

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Pronunciation

Noun

kambr f (plural kambreier or kambroù)

  1. bedroom

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб (zub, “tooth”).

Noun

kambr m

  1. comb

Declension

  Declension of kambr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kambr kambrinn kambar kambarnir
accusative kamb kambinn kamba kambana
dative kambi kambinum kǫmbum kǫmbunum
genitive kambs kambsins kamba kambanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kambur
  • Faroese: kambur
  • Norn: kamb, kåmb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kamb, kam
  • Elfdalian: kamb
  • Old Swedish: kamber
  • Old Danish: kamb
    • Danish: kam
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kam
  • Gutnish: kamb
  • Scanian: køm

References

  • “kambr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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