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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kulbaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unclear; often compared to Latin globus and Latvian glēba, which are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).

Noun

*kulbaz m

  1. round object, lump
  2. club, staff

Declension
masculine a-stemDeclension of *kulbaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kulbaz *kulbōz, *kulbōs
vocative *kulb *kulbōz, *kulbōs
accusative *kulbą *kulbanz
genitive *kulbas, *kulbis *kulbǫ̂
dative *kulbai *kulbamaz
instrumental *kulbō *kulbamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kolb
    • Old Dutch: *kolf
    • Old High German: kolb
  • Old Norse: kolfr
    • Icelandic: kólfur
    • Faroese: kúlvur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kolv; (dialectal) kóv’e, køłv, kæłv, kałv, kvolv, kvøłv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kolv
    • Elfdalian: kuov
    • Old Swedish: kolver
      • Swedish: kolv (dialectal)
    • Danish: kolv (dialectal)

References
  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kulƀaz ~ *kulƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kulba(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
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