Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalbaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown. The connection with Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- is problematic due to the missing labiovelar in Germanic.[1] However, *gʷl̥bʰus- or the weak stem of *gʷélbʰ-us ~ *gʷl̥bʰ-éws would yield *kulbuz-, from which the variant *kelbuz-, also attested in Germanic, could have been derived analogically as a strong stem, whose influence might explain the missing labialization in *kalbiz-.
Pokorny connects it to Latin galba (“little worm, larva; small person or animal”), itself perhaps of Gaulish origin, and proposes Proto-Indo-European *gel(e)b⁽ʰ⁾- as a labial extension of *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”);[2] compare Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace; to clasp”) (modern English clasp), German Klafter (“armful, fathom”), Latvian glābt (“to save”), and Latin glaeba (“clod”), globus (“round object”). However, such irregular correspondences between *kalbaz and galba would more likely point to substrate origin.
Has been compared to Mingrelian ქაბლა (kabla), itself of uncertain origin.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.βɑz/
Inflection
z-stemDeclension of *kalbaz (z-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kalbaz | *kalbizō | |
vocative | *kalbaz | *kalbizō | |
accusative | *kalbaz | *kalbizō | |
genitive | *kalbiziz | *kalbizǫ̂ | |
dative | *kalbizi | *kalbizumaz | |
instrumental | *kalbizē | *kalbizumiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalbiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “geleb(h)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 358-359
- Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197