Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kurbit

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *curbitus, from Latin cucurbita.

Noun

*kurbit m

gourd, cucurbit

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kurbit
Genitive	*kurbitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kurbit	kurbitō, kurbitōs
Accusative	*kurbit	*kurbitā
Genitive	*kurbitas	*kurbitō
Dative	*kurbitē	*kurbitum
Instrumental	*kurbitu	*kurbitum

Descendants

Old English: cyrfæt, cyrfet
- Middle English: curvet
Old Saxon: *kurbit
- Middle Low German: körvet, kürft
Old Dutch: *kurbit
- Middle Dutch: curvete
Old High German: kurbiz
- Middle High German: kürbiz, kürbez
  - German: Kürbis, Kirbiß, Korbes, Kurbiß, Kürbiz, Kürbs, Kürbse, Kurwes
    - → Latvian: ķirbis
  - Luxembourgish: Kürbis
  - Yiddish: קירבעס‎ (kirbes)
  - → Middle Dutch: corbesch
  - → Middle Low German: körves, korvese, körvis, körvitz, korbitz
    - → Swedish: kurbits
      - → Estonian: kõrvits
      - → Finnish: kurpitsa

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