kobbi

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kobbi, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (round object, knoll), from *gew- (to bend, curve, arch, vault).[1]

Noun[edit]

kobbi m (genitive singular kobba, nominative plural kobbar)

  1. seal, pinniped
    Synonym: selur

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “393-398”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 393-398