Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolkolъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kolHkolH-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latvian kaļuôt (“talk idly”), Greek καλέω (kaléo, “call”), Latin calāre (“call”). In any case, ultimately onomatopoeic.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kȏlkolъ | *kȏlkola | *kȏlkoli |
| genitive | *kȏlkola | *kolkolù | *kolkòlъ |
| dative | *kȏlkolu | *kolkolomà | *kolkolòmъ |
| accusative | *kȏlkolъ | *kȏlkola | *kȏlkoly |
| instrumental | *kȏlkolъmь, *kȏlkolomь* | *kolkolomà | *kolkolý |
| locative | *kȏlkolě | *kolkolù | *kolkolě̃xъ |
| vocative | *kolkole | *kȏlkola | *kȏlkoli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: ко́локол (kólokol)
- Ukrainian: ко́локіл (kólokil)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: клаколъ (klakolŭ)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: kluokü’öl, klåťöl
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolkolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колокол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kolkolъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229: “m. o (c) ‘bell’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kolkolъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c klokke (PR 137; MP 20)”