英语词汇“Indo-European root: gembh-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Indo-European root: gembh-

释义

‌‌gembh-
Tooth, nail. Oldest form *g̑embh‑, becoming *gembh‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include comb, unkempt, and gem.

Suffixed o-grade form *gombh-o‑.
1. 1. comb, kame, from Old English comb, camb, comb;
  2. cam, from Dutch kam, cog, comb;
  3. unkempt, from Old English cemban, to comb, from Germanic denominative *kambjan, to comb. (i)-(iii) all from Germanic *kambaz, comb.
2. gomphosis, from Greek gomphos, tooth, peg, bolt.
Suffixed zero-grade form *gm̥bh-ōn‑. oakum, from Old English ā-cumba, part of flax separated in hackling, oakum ("stuff combed off"; ā‑, away, off).
Perhaps Germanic *kimb‑. chime², from Old English cim‑, cimb‑, rim (only in compounds),.
Possibly suffixed form *gembh-mā‑. gem, gemma, gemmation, gemmule, from Latin gemma, bud, hence gem.

[Pokorny g̑embh‑ 369.]

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