cammañca

camma

nt sg nom/acc + ca (and)

inner skin; skin
hide; animal skin; leather
shield; lit. hide
(of a vīṇā) sound board; lit. leather; shield

Built from

camma — root · skin, hide
From PIE *kam- 'cover, conceal'. The concrete image is the outermost protective layer, which led to extended meanings: leather (tanned skin), the skin of a shield, the sound board of a lute (what covers and vibrates).
ca — ending · and
Enclitic conjunction joining items in a list or generalizing phrase.

Analysis. cammaṃ + ca: 'skin and...' — used to list related items or in generalizing phrases; here likely 'skin and [related materials/coverings]'.

Etymology. From PIE *kam- 'to cover, conceal' (related to Sanskrit carmá- 'skin, hide'; cognate with Greek kamé 'bent, curved', Lithuanian šiaudas 'straw, thatch' — the bent or curved protective layer). The Sanskrit carmá- and Pali camma both preserve the sense of a protective skin or covering.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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