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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbą

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *hwalfą

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *kʷólpo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”).[1] Related to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap”), Latin culpa (“mistake, fault”), and Persian کلبه (kolbe, “cottage”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑl.βɑ̃/

Noun

*hwalbą n

  1. vault, arch

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwalbą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwalbą *hwalbō
vocative *hwalbą *hwalbō
accusative *hwalbą *hwalbō
genitive *hwalbas, *hwalbis *hwalbǫ̂
dative *hwalbai *hwalbamaz
instrumental *hwalbō *hwalbamiz

Derived terms
  • *gahwalbiją
    • Old High German: giwelbi
      • Middle High German: gewelbe
  • *hwalbijaz
  • *hwalbį̄
  • *hwalbō
  • *hwalbô
  • *hwalbōną

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hwalb
    • Old English: hwealf
      • Middle English: wholve
        • English: hull- (in place names)
  • Old Norse: hvalf, hválf

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
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