Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kambijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *kambaz (“comb”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑm.bi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Noun

*kambijaną^[1]^[2]

to comb; kemb

Inflection

Conjugation of *kambijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*kambijō	*kambijaų	—	*kambijai	?
2nd singular	*kambīsi	*kambijais	*kambī	*kambijasai	*kambijaisau
3rd singular	*kambīþi	*kambijai	*kambijaþau	*kambijaþai	*kambijaiþau
1st dual	*kambijōs	*kambijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kambijaþiz	*kambijaiþiz	*kambijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*kambijamaz	*kambijaim	—	*kambijanþai	*kambijainþau
2nd plural	*kambīþ	*kambijaiþ	*kambīþ	*kambijanþai	*kambijainþau
3rd plural	*kambijanþi	*kambijain	*kambijanþau	*kambijanþai	*kambijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kambidǭ	*kambidēdį̄
2nd singular	*kambidēz	*kambidēdīz
3rd singular	*kambidē	*kambidēdī
1st dual	*kambidēdū	*kambidēdīw
2nd dual	*kambidēdudiz	*kambidēdīdiz
1st plural	*kambidēdum	*kambidēdīm
2nd plural	*kambidēdud	*kambidēdīd
3rd plural	*kambidēdun	*kambidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*kambijandz	*kambidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kambijan
- Old English: cemban
  - Middle English: kemben
    - Scots: kem, keme
    - English: kemb; unkempt
- Old Frisian: *kemba
  - Saterland Frisian: keeme
  - West Frisian: kjimme
- Old Saxon: kembian
  - Middle Low German: kemben, kemmen
    - German Low German: kämmen
    - Low German: keimen
    - Plautdietsch: kjamen
- Old Dutch: *kemben
  - Middle Dutch: kemmen, kemben
    - Dutch: kemmen
    - Limburgish: keimbe, keime
- Old High German: kemben, chemben, chempen
  - Middle High German: kemben, kemmen
    - German: kämmen
    - Hunsrik: kemme
    - Luxembourgish: kämmen
    - Vilamovian: kemma
Old Norse: kemba
- Icelandic: kemba
- Faroese: kemba
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjemba, kjemma
- Old Swedish: kæmba
  - Swedish: kämma (replaced by kamma)
- Danish: kjæmme, kæmme
  - Norwegian Bokmål: kjemme

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kambjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kambjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kambjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kambjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209

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