Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kubô

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

Uncertain. Close to Ancient Greek γῡ́πη (gū́pē, “den, hole”), possibly sharing a substrate origin, but Kroonen finds it hard to reconcile the vowels.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈku.βɔːː/

Noun

*kubô m

shed, hut; originally "wattle shed"

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kubô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kubô	*kubaniz
vocative	*kubô	*kubaniz
accusative	*kubanų	*kubanunz
genitive	*kubiniz	*kubanǫ̂
dative	*kubini	*kubammaz
instrumental	*kubinē	*kubammiz

Synonyms

(hut): *hudjǭ, *bōþō

Related terms

*kubisją
*kubjō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kobō
- Old English: cofa
  - Middle English: cove
    - English: cove
    - Scots: cove
- Old Frisian: *kova
  - Saterland Frisian: Koowe
  - West Frisian: kouwe, kou
- Old Saxon: *kovo
  - Middle Low German: kōve, kōven
    - (German Low German: Kübbe, Kübb ?; cf. Old High German kubisi)
- Old Dutch: *kovo
  - Middle Dutch: kove
    - Dutch: koof
- Old High German: *kobo
  - Middle High German: kobe
    - German: Koben
Old Norse: kofi
- Icelandic: kofi
- Faroese: kovi
- Norwegian: kove
- Old Swedish: kovi
  - Swedish: kova, kove (dialectal), kuvi (dialectal)
- Danish: kove

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN