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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *curbitus, from Latin cucurbita.
Noun
*kurbit m
- gourd, cucurbit
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kurbit
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| Genitive
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*kurbitas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kurbit
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*kurbitō, *kurbitōs
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| Accusative
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*kurbit
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*kurbitā
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| Genitive
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*kurbitas
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*kurbitō
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| Dative
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*kurbitē
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*kurbitum
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| Instrumental
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*kurbitu
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*kurbitum
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Descendants
- Old English: cyrfæt, cyrfet
- Old Saxon: *kurbit
- Middle Low German: körvet, kürft
- Old Dutch: *kurbit
- Old High German: kurbiz
- Middle High German: kürbiz, kürbez
- German: Kürbis, Kirbiß, Korbes, Kurbiß, Kürbiz, Kürbs, Kürbse, Kurwes
- Luxembourgish: Kürbis
- Yiddish: קירבעס (kirbes)
- → Middle Dutch: corbesch
- → Middle Low German: körves, korvese, körvis, körvitz, korbitz