Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolb

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz.

Noun

*kolb m

1. bulb, protrusion
2. staff, club

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kolb
Genitive	*kolbas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kolb	*kolbō, *kolbōs
Accusative	*kolb	*kolbā
Genitive	*kolbas	*kolbō
Dative	*kolbē	*kolbum
Instrumental	*kolbu	*kolbum

Derived terms

• *kolbō

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *kolf
  • Middle Dutch: kolf (conflated with *kolbō)
• Old High German: kolb

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kulƀaz ~ *kulƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223