Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlpь

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

*kъlpъ

Etymology

See *gъlbь. Cognate with Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Lithuanian gulbi̇̀s (“swan”), Latvian gùlbis (“swan”). Also compare with Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”) (whence also *golǫbь), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

Noun

*kъlpь m

bill, beak, neb
Synonyms: *kľunъ, *kľuvъ
type of bird:
→ spoonbill (in East Slavic)

→ swan (in West Slavic)
Synonym: *olbǫdь

Derived terms

*kъlpikъ m, *kъlpica f (“spoonbill”) (in East Slavic)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: колпь (kolpĭ)
  - Russian: колпь (kolpʹ)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: Кълпица (Kǎlpica) (toponym)
- Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)
  Cyrillic script: ку̑п, ку̑ф
  
  Latin script: kȗp, kȗf
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: kôłp, kôłpsz, czôłp
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kołp
    - → Lower Sorbian: kołp

References

Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlpъ/*kъlpь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 189