Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kumbaz

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 forms

  • *kumpaz

Etymology

An ancient Wanderwort found throughout Eurasia. Likely related to Proto-Celtic *kumbā, Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰas, Proto-Albanian *tˢumba, Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkum.bɑz/

Noun

*kumbaz m

  1. bowl, vessel
  2. vat, tub

Inflection

Declension of *kumbaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kumbaz *kumbōz, *kumbōs
vocative *kumb *kumbōz, *kumbōs
accusative *kumbą *kumbanz
genitive *kumbas, *kumbis *kumbǫ̂
dative *kumbai *kumbamaz
instrumental *kumbō *kumbamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: cumb, comb
  • Old Saxon: *kumb; *kumba
    • Middle Low German: kump; kumme
      • Low German: Kump, Kumpen
        • → German: Kump, Kumpen
        • → Hunsrik: Kump
  • Frankish: *kumb; *kump
    • Old Dutch: *kumb; *kumba
    • → Medieval Latin: cumbus, cumpus, cimpus
  • Old High German: *kumph, *komph, chumph
    • Middle High German: kumpf, kompf

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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