An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/kämmen
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry kämmen. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
kämmen, verb, ‘to comb, card (wool),’ is a verbal noun; Modern High German kęmmen, Old High German chemben, chęmpen; Anglo-Saxon cęmban. In Upper German the term strählen is current, Strähl too being the word for ‘comb.’