Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolbō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

    From *kolb +‎ *-ō (agentive suffix).[1][2]

    Noun

    *kolbō m

    1. club, mallet
    2. bulb, cob

    Declension

    Masculine an-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *kolbō
    Genitive *kulbini, *kolban
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *kolbō *kolban
    Accusative *kolban *kolban
    Genitive *kulbini, *kolban *kolbanō
    Dative *kulbini, *kolban *kolbum
    Instrumental *kulbini, *kolban *kolbum

    Descendants

    • Old English: *colba, *colfa
    • Old Saxon: kolƀo
      • Middle Low German: colve
        • German Low German: Kolven
        • → Saterland Frisian: Kolwe
    • Old Dutch: *kolbo
      • Middle Dutch: colve
    • Old High German: kolbo, cholpo
      • Middle High German: kolbe
        • Alemannic German: Cholbe, Cholpe
        • Bavarian: Koim, Koibm
        • Central Franconian: Kolf, Kolwe
          Hunsrik: Kolve
        • German: Kolben
        • Luxembourgish: Kollef, Kolf
        • Rhine Franconian: Kolwe
          Pennsylvania German: Kolwe

    References

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