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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