kolbo
Old High German
Alternative forms
- cholpo
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1] Cognate to Old Norse kylfa and kolfr.
Noun
kolbo m
- club
Descendants
- Middle High German: kolbe
- Alemannic German: Cholbe, Cholpe
- Bavarian: Koim, Koibm
- Central Franconian: Kolf, Kolwe
- Hunsrik: Kolve
- German: Kolben
- → Luxembourgish: Kolben
- Luxembourgish: Kollef, Kolf
- Rhine Franconian: Kolwe
- Pennsylvania German: Kolwe
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309