Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolęda

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This Proto-Slavic 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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin kalendae (calends (first day of month)).

Noun

*kolęda f

  1. calends (first day of a month)
  2. New Year
  3. carol

Declension

Declension of *kolęda (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kolęda *kolędě *kolędy
genitive *kolędy *kolędu *kolędъ
dative *kolędě *kolędama *kolędamъ
accusative *kolędǫ *kolędě *kolędy
instrumental *kolędojǫ, *kolędǫ** *kolędama *kolędami
locative *kolędě *kolędu *kolędasъ, *kolędaxъ*
vocative *kolędo *kolędě *kolędy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коляда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolęda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “коляда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 415