kolbo

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • cholpo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1] Cognate to Old Norse kylfa and kolfr.

Noun

kolbo m

  1. club

Descendants
  • Middle High German: kolbe
    • Alemannic German: Cholbe, Cholpe
    • Bavarian: Koim, Koibm
    • Central Franconian: Kolf, Kolwe
      Hunsrik: Kolve
    • German: Kolben
    • Luxembourgish: Kollef, Kolf
    • Rhine Franconian: Kolwe
      Pennsylvania German: Kolwe

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
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