Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolda

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

According to Derksen, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀdāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kold-eh₂; cognate with Proto-Germanic *hultą (wood) and Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, branch, shoot). Ultimately may be from the root of *kolti, from PIE *kelh₂- (to beat, chop, hew).

The /ɡ/ of Old Church Slavonic глада (glada) is perhaps modified to resemble гладъкъ (gladŭkŭ, smooth; even), гладити (gladiti, to stroke; to smooth, polish), or otherwise unexplained.

Noun

*kòlda f[1][2][3]

  1. block, log

Declension

Declension of *kòlda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kòlda *kòldě *kòldy
genitive *kòldy *kòldu *kòldъ
dative *kòldě *kòldama *kòldamъ
accusative *kòldǫ *kòldě *kòldy
instrumental *kòldojǫ, *kòldǭ** *kòldama *kòldamī
locative *kòldě *kòldu *kòldasъ, *kòldaxъ*
vocative *kòldo *kòldě *kòldy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: кало́да (kalóda)
    • Russian: коло́да (kolóda)
    • Ukrainian: коло́да (kolóda)
    • Lithuanian: kaladė
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коло́да”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kòlda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228:f. ā (a) ‘block, log’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kolda”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:(PR 132; RPT 107, 111)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kláda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kőlda