coomb

Meaning

An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.

Translations

garganta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *comb

Inherited from Old English: cumb

Cognate with German: Kumpf

Cognate with Welsh: cwm

In summary

From Middle English *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”). Compare German Kumpf (“bowl”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Latin cumba (“boat, tomb of stone”), from Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow of a vessel, cup, boat”).