Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kulьbava

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

*kulьbava (květъka)

Etymology

From *kulьbava květъka (“prone to bending (roundness) flower”), from *kulьbavъ, ultimately from *kuliti (“to bend”).

Noun

*kulьbàva f

1. dandelion

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *кульба́ва (*kulĭbáva)
    • Ukrainian: ку́льба́ба (kúlʹbába); кульбака (kulʹbaka), кульбаха (kulʹbaxa), ку́льба-ба́ба (kúlʹba-bába) (dialectal)
      • → Polish: kulbaba (dialectal)
    • Russian: кульба́ба (kulʹbába); куйба́ба (kujbába) (dialectal)