kambr

Breton

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkãmp(r)/

Noun

kambr f (plural kambreier or kambroù)

1. bedroom

Derived terms

• kambrad
• kambr-aes
• plac'h-a-gambr
• pod-kambr

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
  • Swedish: kam
  • → Finnish: kampa
• 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