Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kumbaz

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

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

bowl, vessel
vat, tub

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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
- Middle English: *cumb, *comb
  - Scots: cumb, cum, coom, kim
  - English: comb, coomb
Old Saxon: *kumb; *kumba
- Middle Low German: kump; kumme
  - Low German: Kump, Kumpen
    - German: Kump, Kumpen
Old Frankish: *kumb; *kump
- Old Dutch: *kumb; *kumba
  - Middle Dutch: combe, comme, com
    - Dutch: kom; komp (dialectal)
- Middle Latin: cumbus, cumpus, cimpus
Old High German: *kumph, *komph, chumph
- Middle High German: kumpf, kompf
  - German: Kumpf; Kumme

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 310

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