Where does “kolbe” come from?

kolbe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German cholpo, from Proto-Germanic kolbô, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

kolbe (Middle High German): club

Definitions

  1. club

Ancestry of “kolbe”, step by step

kolbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German cholpo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germancholpo—
2Proto-Germanickolbô—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Old High German kolbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankolboclub
2Proto-West Germanic*kolbōclub, mallet

Words derived from “kolbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kolbô →Every word from Old High German cholpo →