Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷolpā

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*kʷolpā f

Declension

ā-stemDeclension of *kʷolpā (ā-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*kʷolpā	*kʷolpās
vocative	*kʷolpa	*kʷolpās
accusative	*kʷolpam	*kʷolpans
genitive	*kʷolpās	*kʷolpāzom
dative	*kʷolpāi	*kʷolpais
ablative	*kʷolpād	*kʷolpais
locative	*kʷolpāi	*kʷolpais

Descendants

Latin: culpa (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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

[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

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