Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kurbit

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *curbitus, from Latin cucurbita.

Noun

*kurbit m

1. gourd, cucurbit

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kurbit
Genitive	*kurbitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kurbit	*kurbitō, *kurbitōs
Accusative	*kurbit	*kurbitā
Genitive	*kurbitas	*kurbitō
Dative	*kurbitē	*kurbitum
Instrumental	*kurbitu	*kurbitum

Descendants

• Old English: cyrfæt, cyrfet
  • Middle English: curvet
• Old Saxon: *kurbit
  • Middle Low German: körvet, kürft
• Old Dutch: *kurbit
  • Middle Dutch: curvete
• Old High German: kurbiz
  • Middle High German: kürbiz, kürbez
    • German: Kürbis, Kirbiß, Korbes, Kurbiß, Kürbiz, Kürbs, Kürbse, Kurwes
      • → Latvian: ķirbis
    • Luxembourgish: Kürbis
    • Yiddish: קירבעס (kirbes)
    • → Middle Dutch: corbesch
    • → Middle Low German: körves, korvese, körvis, körvitz, korbitz
      • → Swedish: kurbits
        • → Estonian: kõrvits
        • → Finnish: kurpitsa