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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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *gm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (to press together, grasp). Cognate with Ancient Greek γέμω (gémō, to be full). An uncertain reconstruction; note that many etymologists view the given descendants as being derived from Latin or a Celtic language (see the etymology at German Kummer).

Pronunciation

Noun

*kumbraz m(West Germanic)

  1. sorrow, burden, trouble

Declension

Declension of *kumbraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kumbraz *kumbrōz, *kumbrōs
vocative *kumbr *kumbrōz, *kumbrōs
accusative *kumbrą *kumbranz
genitive *kumbras, *kumbris *kumbrǫ̂
dative *kumbrai *kumbramaz
instrumental *kumbrō *kumbramiz

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kumbra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310