Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gulbą

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰl̥bʰ-o-s, from a root *gʰelbʰ- (“groove, gutter”). Compare Proto-Slavic *žȇlbъ (“groove, socket”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣul.βɑ̃/

Noun

*gulbą n[1]

  1. (North Germanic) floor
    Synonym: *flōraz

Inflection

Declension of *gulbą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gulbą *gulbō
vocative *gulbą *gulbō
accusative *gulbą *gulbō
genitive *gulbas, *gulbis *gulbǫ̂
dative *gulbai *gulbamaz
instrumental *gulbō *gulbamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: golf
  • → Proto-Samic: *kuolpē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gulba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194
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