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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷolpā

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷolpeh₂ (bend, turn); cognate with Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, bosom, womb, hollow space), Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (vault, arch).[1]

Noun

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*kʷolpā f

  1. mistake
  2. fault

Declension

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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

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  • Latin: culpa (see there for further descendants)

References

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