Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolovortъ

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

From *kolo (“wheel; circle”) +‎ *vortъ.

Noun

*kolovortъ m

  1. circulation
  2. whirlpool
  3. wheel and axle
  4. spinning wheel

Inflection

Declension of *kolovortъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kolovortъ *kolovorta *kolovorti
genitive *kolovorta *kolovortu *kolovortъ
dative *kolovortu *kolovortoma *kolovortomъ
accusative *kolovortъ *kolovorta *kolovorty
instrumental *kolovortъmь, *kolovortomь* *kolovortoma *kolovorty
locative *kolovortě *kolovortu *kolovortěxъ
vocative *kolovorte *kolovorta *kolovorti

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: коловоротъ (kolovorotŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: коловратъ (kolovratŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian: kȍlovrȃt
    • Slovene: kolovrat
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolovortъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 149
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