Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷolpā

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷolpeh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp- (“to bend, turn”); cognate with Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, womb, hollow space”), Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“vault, arch”), Old Prussian poquelbton (“kneeling”).[1]

Noun

*kʷolpā f

  1. mistake
  2. fault

Declension

Declension of *kʷolpā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kʷolpā *kʷolpās
vocative *kʷolpa *kʷolpās
accusative *kʷolpam *kʷolpans
genitive *kʷolpās *kʷolpāzom
dative *kʷolpāi *kʷolpais
ablative *kʷolpād *kʷolpais
locative *kʷolpāi *kʷolpais

Descendants

  • Latin: culpa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “culpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
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