Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kumbaz

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

Alternative forms

• *kumpaz

Etymology

An ancient Wanderwort found throughout Eurasia. Likely related to Proto-Celtic *kumbā, Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰas, Proto-Albanian *tˢumba, Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkum.bɑz/

Noun

*kumbaz m

1. bowl, vessel
2. vat, tub

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kumbaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kumbaz	*kumbōz, *kumbōs
vocative	*kumb	*kumbōz, *kumbōs
accusative	*kumbą	*kumbanz
genitive	*kumbas, *kumbis	*kumbǫ̂
dative	*kumbai	*kumbamaz
instrumental	*kumbō	*kumbamiz

Descendants

• Old English: cumb, comb
  • Middle English: *cumb, *comb
    • Scots: cumb, cum, coom, kim
    • English: comb, coomb
• Old Saxon: *kumb; *kumba
  • Middle Low German: kump; kumme
    • Low German: Kump, Kumpen
      • → German: Kump, Kumpen
      • → Hunsrik: Kump
• Frankish: *kumb; *kump
  • Old Dutch: *kumb; *kumba
    • Middle Dutch: combe, comme, com
      • Dutch: kom; komp (dialectal)
  • → Medieval Latin: cumbus, cumpus, cimpus
• Old High German: *kumph, *komph, chumph
  • Middle High German: kumpf, kompf
    • German: Kumpf; Kumme
    • Hunsrik: Kump

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310