noun · femininefirst declension
colobra
*colobra f (oblique *colobram)
Meaning
- Proto Western Romancefemininereconstructionserpent (female)
Origins
From Classical Latin colubra, with a forward shift in stress due to the -br- and with */ˈɔ/ developing via dissimilation from the following /β/. Compare the masculine equivalent colŏber < Classical coluber. (Cf. also *iŏvenem, *ŏvum).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancolobra
- Occitancolòbra
- Frenchcouleuvrefrom Old French colovre
- Franco-Provençalcalovra
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecobrafrom Old Galician-Portuguese coobra
- Spanishculebrafrom Old Spanish culuebra
- Aragonesecullebra
- Asturianculiebrafrom Old Leonese culuebra
- Asturianculuebrafrom Old Leonese culuebra
- Leoneseculuebrafrom Old Leonese culuebra
- Leoneseculiebrafrom Old Leonese culuebra
- Mirandesequeluobrafrom Old Leonese culuebra
- Galiciancobrafrom Old Galician-Portuguese coobra
- Ladinokulevrafrom Old Spanish culuebra
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancolovra, colora
Italo-Romance
- Sicilianculovra
- Sicilianculòvria
- Sicilianculòrbia