колѧда

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰾⱔⰴⰰ (kolęda)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, a borrowing from Latin kalendae.

Noun

колѧда • (kolęda) f

1. calends (first day of a month)
2. New Year

Descendants

• East Slavic: [Term?]
  • Belarusian: каля́ды (kaljády) (plurale tantum)
  • Russian: коляда́ (koljadá)
    • ⇒ Russian: коля́дка (koljádka)
  • Ukrainian: коляда́ (koljadá)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: koleda
  • Polish: kolęda
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: Коледа (Koleda)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòleda, ко̀леда
• Other:
  • Romanian: colindă

References

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