Friedrich Kluge2511696An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — kämmen1891John Francis Davis
kämmen, vb., ‘to comb, card (wool),’ is a verbal noun; ModHG. kęmmen, OHG. chemben, chęmpen; AS. cęmban. In UpG. the term strählen is current, Strähl too being the word for ‘comb.’