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Where does “kurbiȥ” come from?

kurbiȥ (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic kurbit, from Latin cucurbita — gourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt.

Ancestry of “kurbiȥ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickurbit—
2Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt
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