Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kulbaz

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

Unclear; often compared to Latin globus and Latvian glēba, which are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).

Noun

*kulbaz m

1. round object, lump
2. club, staff

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kulbaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kulbaz	*kulbōz, *kulbōs
vocative	*kulb	*kulbōz, *kulbōs
accusative	*kulbą	*kulbanz
genitive	*kulbas, *kulbis	*kulbǫ̂
dative	*kulbai	*kulbamaz
instrumental	*kulbō	*kulbamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kolb
  • Old Dutch: *kolf
    • Middle Dutch: kolf (conflated with *kolbō)
  • Old High German: kolb
• Old Norse: kolfr
  • Icelandic: kólfur
  • Faroese: kúlvur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kolv; (dialectal) kóv’e, køłv, kæłv, kałv, kvolv, kvøłv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kolv
  • Elfdalian: kuov
  • Old Swedish: kolver
    • Swedish: kolv (dialectal)
  • Danish: kolv (dialectal)

References

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