Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Pre-Germanic *kʷólpo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Related to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɑl.βɑ̃/

Noun

*hwalbą n

vault, arch

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwalbą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
vocative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
accusative	*hwalbą	*hwalbō
genitive	hwalbas, hwalbis	*hwalbǫ̂
dative	*hwalbai	*hwalbamaz
instrumental	*hwalbō	*hwalbamiz

Derived terms

*hwalbijaną

Related terms

*hwalbō
*hwalbô
*hwalbōną

Descendants

Old English: hwealf
- Middle English: wholve
  - English: hull- (in place names)
Old Norse: hvalf, hvolf
- Icelandic: hválf, hvolf
- Old Swedish: hvalf
  - Swedish: valv
  - → Finnish: holvi

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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