kemb

English

Etymology

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”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).

Verb

kemb (third-person singular simple present kembs, present participle kembing, simple past and past participle kembed or kempt)

1. Obsolete form of comb.

Noun

kemb (plural kembs)

1. Obsolete form of comb.