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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/korb

 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 edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Traditionally taken to be a borrowing of Latin corbis (“basket”), itself of uncertain origin[1], however, this is often refuted on phonological grounds and by the existence of multiple examples in Germanic that can easily be shown to have arisen via gradation from a common form. As such, it is alternatively suggested to be inherited from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, a levelling of *krebô[2] ~ *kurpaz (“basket”),[3]. Furthermore, relation to the Latin term is uncertain, and it is possible, if not likely, that the Latin term is instead an early borrowing from the Germanic.

Noun edit

*korb m

  1. basket
    Synonyms: *maisu, *mandu, *tainijā

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *korb
Genitive *korbas
Singular Plural
Nominative *korb *korbō, *korbōs
Accusative *korb *korbā
Genitive *korbas *korbō
Dative *korbē *korbum
Instrumental *korbu *korbum

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Korb”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 404
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kreban- ~ *kruppan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 15
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