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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/karbás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-, *(s)korbʰ- (“to bend”). Relation with Latin corbis (“basket”) uncertain (see there for other etymologies).

Noun

*karbás m

  1. basket

Declension
Declension of *karbás (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *karbás *kárbōˀ *karbái(ˀ)
Accusative *kárban *kárbōˀ *kárbō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *kárbā *karbā́u(ˀ) *karbṓn
Locative *kárbai *karbā́u(ˀ) *karbáišu
Dative *kárbōi *karbámā(ˀ) *karbámas
Instrumental *kárbōˀ *karbámāˀ *karbṓis
Vocative *kárbe *kárbōˀ *karbái(ˀ)

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Old Lithuanian: kar̃bas
    • Latvian: kā̀rba
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: carbio
  • Proto-Slavic: *kȏrbъ (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “carbio”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
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