kam-er-

    kam-er-

    English meaning: to bend, curve

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wölben, biegen”

    Material: O.Ind. kmárati (only Dhütup.) “is crooked”; Av. kamarü f. “belt, girdle” (and “* dome “); Gk. κμέλεθρον ‘stubendecke, roof, house” (probably dissim. from *κμερεθρον), καμάρα “ dome, Himmelbett; covered cart “ (to Solmsens BPhW. 1906, 852 f. assumption karischer origin, κάμαρα λέγεται τὰ ἀσφαλῆ, s. Boisacq 402 Anm.; Lat. Lw. camera, camara “arched cover, Zimmerwölbung”); at most κάμῑνος “oven” (certainly this could have derived from a culture word); Lat. camur(us), -a, -um “arched, writhed, crooked, humped “ (dial.), genuine Lat. camerus.

    References: WP. I 349 f., WH. I 146 f., 149 f., 306, Feist 6, 256;

    See also: s. also kam-p-.