kolbo

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • cholpo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1] Cognate to Old Norse kylfa and kolfr.

Noun

kolbo m

  1. club

Declension

Declension of kolbo (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative kolbo kolbon, kolbun
accusative kolbon, kolbun kolbon, kolbun
genitive kolben, kolbin kolbōno
dative kolben, kolbin kolbōm, kolbōn

Descendants

  • 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. ^ 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
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