k̂em-1 or k̂am-

    k̂em-1 or k̂am-

    English meaning: stick, pole, horn

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stange, Stock, Horn”

    Material: O.Ind. śámyü ‘stick, spigot, Holznagel, Stũtznagel”, Av. simü (-i- seems IE ǝ; or = O.Ind.śámyü?) “ein Teil of Geschirr of with horses bespannten Wagens”, Pers. sīm ds.; Arm. sami-k” pl. ‘stirnholz of Ochsenjochs” (Iran. Lw.?); Gk. κάμαξ f. m. “ shaft, pole, picket, pole, Schaft of Speeres”; Dan. Swe. hammel, Nor. dial. humul (-hǫmull) “das Querstũck vorn am cart “, M.H.G. hamel “ shaft, pole, clot, chunk”; about das difficult Lat. camox “Gemse”, vorrom. *kamōsso-, s. now, yet J. Hubschmid ZrPh. 66, 9ff.

    References: WP. I 385, WH. I 148, 633.