kemmen

From Middle Dutch kemmen, from Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną, from *kambaz (“comb”). Still used up to the 17th century, but replaced by kammen, which was re-formed from the noun.

kemmen

1. (obsolete) to comb

   Synonym: kammen

From Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną.

kemmen

1. to comb

• kemben

• Dutch: kemmen
• Limburgish: keimbe, keime

• “kemben”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kemmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

kemmen

1. Alternative form of kemben

From Middle High German komen, kumen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”). Cognate with German kommen, English come.

kemmen

1. to come

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien