Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kurbi

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

From Proto-Germanic *kurbiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch, notch”).

Noun

*kurbi m

1. incision
2. notch
3. clipping

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kurbi
Genitive	*kurbī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kurbi	*kurbī
Accusative	*kurbi	*kurbī
Genitive	*kurbī	*kurbijō
Dative	*kurbī	*kurbim, *kurbijum
Instrumental	*kurbī	*kurbim, *kurbijum

Related terms

• *karbi
• *kerbā
• *kerban
• *korb

Descendants

• Old English: cyrf
  • Middle English: kerf, carffe, kerfe, kirf, kyrf
    • English: kerf, carf
    • Scots: kerf, carf
• Old Frisian: kerf, kerve, kere
  • Saterland Frisian: Käärf
  • West Frisian: kerf