Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos ‎(“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος ‎(gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ ‎(zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб ‎(zub, “tooth”).