*kubô

Runic: ᚲᚢᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈku.βɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

shed, hut; originally "wattle shed"

Etymology

Uncertain, apparently with a pre-form *gubʰ-on-. Close to Ancient Greek γῡ́πη (gū́pē) (gū́pē, ‘den, hole’), possibly sharing a substrate origin, but Kroonen finds it hard to reconcile the vowels, and expresses skepticism at other theories linking the Germanic to Avestan 𐬔𐬎𐬟𐬭𐬀 (gufra) (gufra, ‘deep, hidden’) (< *gup-ro-) and Proto-Slavic *župa (‘cavity, hole’) (< *gewp-eh₂) for semantic reasons.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kubô	kubaniz
Acc.	kubanų	kubanunz
Gen.	kubiniz	kubanǫ̂
Dat.	kubini	kubammaz
Inst.	kubinē	kubammiz
Voc.	kubô	kubaniz

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Descendants

*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kovo (Old Dutch)
  - kove (Middle Dutch)
*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- cofa (Old English)
  - cove (Middle English)
    - cove (Scots)
*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- cofa (Old English)
  - cove (Middle English)
    - cove (English)
      - koof (Dutch)
*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kova, *kove (Old Frisian)
  - Koowe, Kowe (Saterland Frisian)
  - kouwe, kou (West Frisian)
*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kobo (Old High German)
  - kobe (Middle High German)
    - Koben (German)
*kobō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kovo (Old Saxon)
  - kōve, kāve, kōven, kaven (Middle Low German)
    - Koov, Kaven (German Low German)
kofi (Old Norse)
- kove (Danish)
- kovi (Faroese)
- kofi (Icelandic)
- kove (Norwegian)
kofi (Old Norse)
- kovi (Old Swedish)
  - kova, kove, kuvi (Swedish)

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