Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelbaną

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (to bend), with -b- instead of -f- due to influence from either the adjective or causative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷel.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwelbaną[2]

  1. to curve, vault

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Due to the effects of umlaut, present-tense descendants of this verb are often indistinguishable from those of the weak causative *hwalbijaną. This is probably what led to the strong verb's disappearance as well.

  • Old Dutch: *welvan
  • Old High German: *welban
  • Old Norse: *hvelfa (only the past participle holfinn is attested)

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwelfan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xwelbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200