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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwalbijaną

This Proto-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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwalbaz (curved, vaulted) + *-janą or a causative verb from *hwelbaną (to curve, vault) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑl.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwalbijaną[1][2]

  1. to cause to turn over
  2. to vault

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hwalbijan
    • Old English: *hwielfan, *hwylfan
      • Old English: behwielfan, behwylfan
    • Old Saxon: *hwelbian
    • Old Dutch: *welven
    • Old High German: *welben
      • Middle High German: welben
  • Old Norse: hvelfa
    • Icelandic: hvelfa, hvolfa, hvölfa
    • Faroese: hvølfa
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelva; (dialectal) kvolva
    • Old Swedish: hvælva
      • Swedish: välva, (pre-1906 spelling) hvälfva

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwalbjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xwalbjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 198
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