Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kurbiz

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

Alternative forms

*kurbaz (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkur.βiz/

Noun

*kurbiz m

a cut
a score; notch

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *kurbiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kurbiz	*kurbīz
vocative	*kurbi	*kurbīz
accusative	*kurbį	*kurbinz
genitive	*kurbīz	*kurbijǫ̂
dative	*kurbī	*kurbimaz
instrumental	*kurbī	*kurbimiz

Related terms

*karbiz
*kerbaną
*kerbaz
*kerbǭ
*kurbōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kurbi
- Old English: cyrf
  - Middle English: kerf, carffe, kerfe, kirf, kyrf
    - English: kerf, carf
    - Scots: kerf, carf
- Old Frisian: kerf, kerve, kere
  - Saterland Frisian: Käärf
  - West Frisian: kerf
Old Norse: kurfr (< *kurbaz)
- Icelandic: kurfur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kurv; (dialectal) korv, kørv
- Old Swedish: korver
  - Swedish: korv
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: korv

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