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

    Apparently from a pre-form *gl̥h₁bʰ-o-, of uncertain further origin; often compared to Latin globus (< *gleh₁bʰ-eh₂-) and Lithuanian glė́bti (“to embrace, clasp”) (< *gleh₁bʰ-ye-ti), Latvian glēba, which are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1]

    Noun

    *kulbaz m[2]

    1. round object, lump
    2. club, staff

    Declension

    Declension 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
    • *kalbaz (“calf of the leg; soft tissue”) (possibly)

    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

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kulba(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
    2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*kulƀaz ~ *kulƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
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