Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbą
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative reconstructions
edit- *hwalfą
Etymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *kʷólpo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”).[1] Related to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap”), Latin culpa (“mistake, fault”), and Persian کلبه (kolbe, “cottage”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*hwalbą n
Inflection
editneuter a-stemDeclension of *hwalbą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō | |
vocative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō | |
accusative | *hwalbą | *hwalbō | |
genitive | *hwalbas, *hwalbis | *hwalbǫ̂ | |
dative | *hwalbai | *hwalbamaz | |
instrumental | *hwalbō | *hwalbamiz |