Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *kūb-, *kumb-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: swelling, salience, crooked stick, handle

Old Indian: kū́bara- m./n., kūbarī́ f. `the pole of a carriage or the wooden frame to which the yoke is fixed'; kúmba- m. n. `the thick end (of a bone or a club); a k. of head-dress for women'

Old Greek: kübernáō `steuern; leiten, regieren'; kǘmbakho-s m. `Helmspitaze, Helmkugel'; kǘmbakho- `kopfüber fallend'; kǘmbǟ (EM) Kopf

Baltic: *kumb-r-a-, -ia- c., *kumbur-a-, -ia- c. (Lith CIRC / Lett AC)

Germanic: *xamp-ō(n-) f., *ximp-ō(n-) f., *xump-a- m., -ō(n-) f., etc.

Russ. meaning: выпуклость, толстый конец; изогнутая деревяга, рукоять

References: WP I 370 f, 467

Comments: Probably 2 contaminated roots (*kūber- 'handle' and *kumb- 'swelling').