kalb

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *golbʰ-, *gʷolbʰ- (“conglobate, swell”). Compare Latin globus (“a round body, ball, sphere, globe, heap, clump”), Old Norse kalfabōt (“hip area, hip joint of meat”), Old High German wazzarkalb (“swelling, tumescence through water”).

Pronunciation

Verb

kalb (aorist kalba, participle kalbur)

  1. to rot, go bad

Related terms

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalb n

  1. calf

Declension

declension of kalb
singular plural
nominative kalb kelbir
accusative kalb kelbir
genitive kalbes kelbiro
dative kalbe kelbirum, kelbirom
instrumental kalbu, kalbo kelbirum, kelbirom

Descendants

  • Middle High German: kalp

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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