Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kubô

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

Etymology

Uncertain. Close to Ancient Greek γῡ́πη (gū́pē, “den, hole”), possibly sharing a substrate origin, but Kroonen finds it hard to reconcile the vowels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.βɔːː/

Noun

*kubô m

1. shed, hut; originally "wattle shed"

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kubô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kubô	*kubaniz
vocative	*kubô	*kubaniz
accusative	*kubanų	*kubanunz
genitive	*kubiniz	*kubanǫ̂
dative	*kubini	*kubammaz
instrumental	*kubinē	*kubammiz

Synonyms

• (hut): *hudjǭ, *bōþō

Related terms

• *kubisją
• *kubjō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kobō
  • Old English: cofa
    • Middle English: cove
      • English: cove
      • Scots: cove
  • Old Frisian: *kova
    • Saterland Frisian: Koowe
    • West Frisian: kouwe, kou
  • Old Saxon: *kovo
    • Middle Low German: kōve, kōven
      • (German Low German: Kübbe, Kübb ?; cf. Old High German kubisi)
  • Old Dutch: *kovo
    • Middle Dutch: kove
      • Dutch: koof
  • Old High German: *kobo
    • Middle High German: kobe
      • German: Koben
• Old Norse: kofi
  • Icelandic: kofi
  • Faroese: kovi
  • Norwegian: kove
  • Old Swedish: kovi
    • Swedish: kova, kove (dialectal), kuvi (dialectal)
  • Danish: kove

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN