Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbą
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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]From Pre-Germanic *kʷólpo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Related to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap”),[1] Latin culpa (“mistake, fault”),[2] and Persian کلبه (kolbe, “cottage”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*hwalbą n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō |
| vocative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō |
| accusative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō |
| genitive | *hwalbas, *hwalbis | *hwalbǫ̂ |
| dative | *hwalbai | *hwalbamaz |
| instrumental | *hwalbō | *hwalbamiz |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *hwalfą
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwalfa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “culpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151