Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kubô

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

Etymology

Uncertain, apparently with a pre-form *gubʰ-on-. Close to Ancient Greek γῡ́πη (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, “deep, hidden”) (< *gup-ro-) and Proto-Slavic *župa (“cavity, hole”) (< *gewp-eh₂) for semantic reasons.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.βɔːː/

Noun

*kubô m[1]

  1. shed, hut; originally "wattle shed"

Inflection

Declension of *kubô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kubô *kubaniz
vocative *kubô *kubaniz
accusative *kubanų *kubanunz
genitive *kubiniz *kubanǫ̂
dative *kubini *kubammaz
instrumental *kubinē *kubammiz

Synonyms

  • *kubisją
  • *kubjō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kobō
    • Old English: cofa
    • Old Frisian: *kova
      • Saterland Frisian: Koowe
      • West Frisian: kouwe, kou
    • Old Saxon: *kovo
      • Middle Low German: kōve, kōven
        • (German Low German: Kübbe, Kübb ?; cf. Old High German kubisi)
    • Old Dutch: *kovo
      • Middle Dutch: kove
        • Dutch: koof
    • Old High German: *kobo
  • Old Norse: kofi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kuban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
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