komb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- 'to lie dow; bed, cozy, dear, familiar'. Compare Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), Irish caoimh (“dear”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “burg, unwalled village”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), German Heim (“home”), Icelandic heimur (“abode, village, home, the world”).

Noun

komb m

  1. nation, people, community, folk
Derived terms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 59, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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