Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolęda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin kalendae (“calends (first day of month)”).
Noun
*kolęda f
Declension
| 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
- *kolędovati
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: колꙗда (koljada) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: колꙗда (koljada)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коляда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolęda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “коляда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 415