kolbo

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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kolbo m

  1. club

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: kolbe

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “kulba(n)”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
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