cub

Senso (Inglese)

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kʌb/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob.

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