Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *hwalfą

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *kʷólpo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Related to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap”), Latin culpa (“mistake, fault”), and Persian کلبه (kolbe, “cottage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɑl.βɑ̃/

Noun

*hwalbą n

1. vault, arch

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwalbą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
vocative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
accusative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
genitive	*hwalbas, *hwalbis	*hwalbǫ̂
dative	*hwalbai	*hwalbamaz
instrumental	*hwalbō	*hwalbamiz

Derived terms

• *hwalbijaną

Related terms

• *gahwalbiją
  • Old High German: giwelbi
    • Middle High German: gewelbe
      • German: Gewölbe
• *hwalbijaz
• *hwalbį̄
• *hwalbō
• *hwalbô
• *hwalbōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwalb
  • Old English: hwealf
    • Middle English: wholve
      • English: hull- (in place names)
• Old Norse: hvalf, hválf
  • Icelandic: hválf, hvolf
  • Faroese: hválv
  • >? Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelv
  • Old Swedish: hvalf
    • Swedish: valv, hvalf (pre-1906 spelling)
    • →? Danish: hvælv
      • →? Norwegian Bokmål: hvelv
    • → Finnish: holvi