*hwalbą

Runic: ᚺᚹᚨᛚᛒᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxʷɑl.βɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

vault, arch

Etymology

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

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hwalbąhwalbō
Acc.hwalbąhwalbō
Gen.hwalbas, hwalbishwalbǫ̂
Dat.hwalbaihwalbamaz
Inst.hwalbōhwalbamiz
Voc.hwalbąhwalbō

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Descendants

  • hvalf (Old Norse)
    • hválv (Faroese)
    • hválf, hvolf (Icelandic)
    • kvelv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hvalf (Old Norse)
    • hvalf (Old Swedish)
      • holvi (Finnish)
      • valv, hvalf (Swedish)
  • hvalf (Old Norse)
    • hvalf (Old Swedish)
      • hvælv (Danish)
        • hvelv (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hválf (Old Norse)
    • hválv (Faroese)
    • hválf, hvolf (Icelandic)
    • kvelv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hválf (Old Norse)
    • hvalf (Old Swedish)
      • holvi (Finnish)
      • valv, hvalf (Swedish)
  • hválf (Old Norse)
    • hvalf (Old Swedish)
      • hvælv (Danish)
        • hvelv (Norwegian Bokmål)

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