Old English · noun
cimb
Normalised ċimb
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /t͡ʃimb/
- Syllables
- t͡ʃimb (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- chimbchimejointjoining
Meaning
-
a joining or joint
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kimbu, derived from or related to Proto-West Germanic *kimban (“to press or fit together”), from Proto-Germanic *kimbaną.
Descendants
chimb, chime
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