Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/karbás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-, *(s)korbʰ- (“to bend”). Relation with Latin corbis (“basket”) uncertain (see there for other etymologies).

Noun

*karbás m

basket

Declension

Declension of *karbás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*karbás	*kárbōˀ	*karbái⁽ˀ⁾
accusative	*kárban	*kárbōˀ	*kárbō⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*kárbā	*karbā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*karbṓn
locative	*kárbai	*karbā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*karbáišu
dative	*kárbōi	*karbámā⁽ˀ⁾	*karbámas
instrumental	*kárbōˀ	*karbámāˀ	*karbṓis
vocative	*kárbe	*kárbōˀ	*karbái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: kā̀rba
- Old Lithuanian: kar̃bas
  - Lithuanian: kar̃bas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: carbio
Proto-Slavic: *kȏrbъ (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “carbio”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius