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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hwalfą

Etymology

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

Noun

*hwalbą n[1]

  1. vault, arch

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwalbą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwalbą *hwalbō
vocative *hwalbą *hwalbō
accusative *hwalbą *hwalbō
genitive *hwalbas, *hwalbis *hwalbǫ̂
dative *hwalbai *hwalbamaz
instrumental *hwalbō *hwalbamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwalfa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
  2. ^ 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
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