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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolb
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz.
Noun
*kolb m
- bulb, protrusion
- staff, club
Declension
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kolb | |
Genitive | *kolbas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kolb | *kolbō, *kolbōs |
Accusative | *kolb | *kolbā |
Genitive | *kolbas | *kolbō |
Dative | *kolbē | *kolbum |
Instrumental | *kolbu | *kolbum |
Derived terms
- *kolbō
Descendants
- Old Dutch: *kolf
- Middle Dutch: kolf (conflated with *kolbō)
- Old High German: kolb
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kulƀaz ~ *kulƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223