Where does “corbame” come from?

corbame (Italian) comes from Italian corba, from Latin corbis, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

corbame (Italian): a ship's ribs

Definitions

  1. a ship's ribs

Ancestry of “corbame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliancorbaA large wicker basket; Synonym of costa; A unit...
2Latincorbisbasket; basketful
3Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
4Proto-Germanickurbaz—
5Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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