Coomb
/kuːm/noun
A short, deep, usually narrow valley or hollow.
Did you know?Coomb is an old English word from the same ancient source as Latin *cūpa* (“cask, barrel”), both tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning a bent or hollowed shape.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keup-
“to bend, curve, or make hollow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kubamō
“a hollow, valley, or bowl-shaped depression”
Old English
OE
cumb
“a hollow, valley, or deep hollow in the land”
Middle English
ME
coumbe / combe
“a small valley or hollow”
Modern English
English
coomb
“a short, narrow valley or depression”