*kulbaz

Runic: ᚲᚢᛚᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkul.βɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. round object, lump
  2. club, staff

Etymology

Apparently from a pre-form *gl̥h₁bʰ-o-, of uncertain further origin; often compared to Latin globus (< *gleh₁bʰ-eh₂-) (< *gleh₁bʰ-eh₂-) and Lithuanian glė́bti (‘to embrace, clasp’) (< *gleh₁bʰ-ye-ti), Latvian glēba, which are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (‘to form into a ball’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kalbazkalbōz, kalbōs
Acc.kalbąkalbanz
Gen.kalbas, kalbiskalbǫ̂
Dat.kalbaikalbamaz
Inst.kalbōkalbamiz
Voc.kalbkalbōz, kalbōs

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Descendants

  • *kolb (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kolb (Old High German)
  • *kolb (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *kolf (Old Dutch)
      • kolf (Middle Dutch)
  • kolfr (Old Norse)
    • kolv (Danish)
    • kuov (Elfdalian)
    • kúlvur (Faroese)
    • kólfur (Icelandic)
    • kolv (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • kolv, kóv’e, køłv, kæłv, kałv, kvolv, kvøłv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • kolfr (Old Norse)
    • kolver (Old Swedish)
      • kolv (Swedish)

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