kolbo

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Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

cholpo

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).^[1] Cognate to Old Norse kylfa and kolfr.

Noun[edit]

kolbo m

club

Descendants[edit]

Middle High German: kolbe
- Alemannic German: Cholbe, Cholpe
- Bavarian: Koim, Koibm
- Central Franconian: Kolf, Kolwe
  Hunsrik: Kolve
- German: Kolben
  - → Luxembourgish: Kolben
- Luxembourgish: Kollef, Kolf
- Rhine Franconian: Kolwe
  Pennsylvania German: Kolwe

References[edit]

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

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