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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/korb

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally taken to be a borrowing of Latin corbis (“basket”), itself of uncertain origin[1], however, this is often refuted on phonological grounds and by the existence of multiple examples in Germanic that can easily be shown to have arisen via gradation from a common form. As such, it is alternatively suggested to be inherited from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, a levelling of *krebô[2] ~ *kurpaz (“basket”),[3]. Furthermore, relation to the Latin term is uncertain, and it is possible, if not likely, that the Latin term is instead an early borrowing from the Germanic.

Noun

*korb m

  1. basket
    Synonyms: *maisu, *mandu, *tainijā

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *korb
Genitive *korbas
Singular Plural
Nominative *korb *korbō, *korbōs
Accusative *korb *korbā
Genitive *korbas *korbō
Dative *korbē *korbum
Instrumental *korbu *korbum

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: korf, kōr
    • Saterland Frisian: Kúrig, Kuurich, Kouerch
    • West Frisian: koer
  • Old Saxon: *korf
    • Middle Low German: korf
      • German Low German:
        Altmärkisch, East Frisian Low Saxon, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, Lippisch): Korf
        Westphalian:
        Dortmundisch: Koặrf
        Ravensbergisch, Sauerländisch: Kuarf
        Westmünsterländisch: Korw
        Sauerländisch: Koarf (Niedersfeld), Kōerf (Wenden)
      • Plautdietsch: Korf
      • → Middle English: corf (or from Middle Dutch)
      • → Old Norse: kǫrf m, karfa f[2]
    • → Old Saxon: fugalkorf
    • → Old Saxon: korvilīn
  • Old Dutch: *korf
    • Middle Dutch: corf
      • Dutch: korf
        • Afrikaans: korf
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: korfu
      • Limburgish: korf
  • Old High German: korb, chorb, chorp m; (northwestern) corf
    • Middle High German: korp, korb m, korbe, kürbe f; korf
      • Bavarian: Koab m, Kiabn, Kiam f
      • Central Franconian: Korv, Körv m
      • German: Korb m, (obsolete) Kürbe f
      • Vilamovian: kiüb m
  • →? Latin: corbis (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Baltic:
  • →? Proto-Slavic: *kȏrbъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Korb”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 404
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kreban- ~ *kruppan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
  3. Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 15
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