Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kulbaz

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unclear; often compared to Latin globus and Latvian glēba, which are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to form into a ball).

Noun edit

*kulbaz m

  1. round object, lump
  2. club, staff

Declension edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kulbaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kulbaz *kulbōz, *kulbōs
vocative *kulb *kulbōz, *kulbōs
accusative *kulbą *kulbanz
genitive *kulbas, *kulbis *kulbǫ̂
dative *kulbai *kulbamaz
instrumental *kulbō *kulbamiz

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kulƀaz ~ *kulƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kulba(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309