Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlbь

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

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

  1. gudgeon

Declension

Declension of *kъlbь (soft o-stem)
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:

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
  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN