Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlbь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *kъlbъ
Etymology
Of non-Indo-European origin, probably borrowed from a substrate. Derksen observes that the related *golbъ ~ *kolpъ (“swan, pelican (spoonbill)”) was “assume[d] a substratum origin."[1]
Noun
*kъlbь m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kъlbь | *kъlba | *kъlbi |
| genitive | *kъlba | *kъlbu | *kъlbь |
| dative | *kъlbu | *kъlbema | *kъlbemъ |
| accusative | *kъlbь | *kъlba | *kъlbę̇ |
| instrumental | *kъlbьmь, *kъlbemь* | *kъlbema | *kъlbi |
| locative | *kъlbi | *kъlbu | *kъlbixъ |
| vocative | *kъlbu | *kъlba | *kъlbi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: коўб (koŭb) (dialectal)
- Russian: колбь (kolbʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ковб (kovb) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: ḱełb, ḱełp
- Polish: kiełb
- → Lithuanian: ki̇̀lbas (obsolete)
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: kulbë
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “kilbas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlbъ/*kъlbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колба́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN