Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kurbiz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.βiz/

Noun

*kurbiz m

  1. a cut
  2. a score; notch

Inflection

Declension of *kurbiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kurbiz *kurbīz
vocative *kurbi *kurbīz
accusative *kurbį *kurbinz
genitive *kurbīz *kurbijǫ̂
dative *kurbī *kurbimaz
instrumental *kurbī *kurbimiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kurbi
    • Old English: cyrf
      • Middle English: kerf, carffe, kerfe, kirf, kyrf
        • English: kerf, carf
        • Scots: kerf, carf
    • Old Frisian: kerf, kerve, kere
      • Saterland Frisian: Käärf
      • West Frisian: kerf
  • Old Norse: kurfr (< *kurbaz)
    • Icelandic: kurfur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kurv; (dialectal) korv, kørv
    • Old Swedish: korver
      • Swedish: korv
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: korv
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