Reconstruction:Latin/cumbo

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kumbō, from a nasal infix present *ḱu-né-b-ti, *ḱu-m-b-énti of Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *kubāō (“to lie down”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kuxsketi (“to sleep”).^[1]

Attested only in prefixed verbs.

Verb

*cumbō (present infinitive *cumbere, perfect active *cubuī, supine *cubitum); third conjugation

to lie down, recline

Derived terms

Related terms

cubō

Descendants

→⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anakumbjan)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-cumbō, -ere; cubō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 152

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-cumbō, -ere; cubō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 152

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