Where does “corbis” come from?

corbis (Latin) comes 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...

corbis (Latin): basket; basketful

Definitions

  1. basket; basketful

Ancestry of “corbis”, step by step

corbis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic korb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
2Proto-Germanickurbaz—
3Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “corbis”

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