Proto-Celtic · reconstructed language

*kambos

adj

Meaning

twisted, crooked, bent

Etymology / origin

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos (“crooked”), probably from the same substrate source as *kh₂em- (“to arch”). Compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”) and Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, hop, dance; to joke”), *skumpōną.

*skimpijaną(gem-pro)→
σκαμβός(Ancient Greek)→
-(qfa-sub)→
kambos (Proto-Celtic)
Relations: der, cog, cog

Related words

-(qfa-sub)σκαμβός(Ancient Greek)*skimpijaną(gem-pro)

Sources

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