Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlbь

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

Alternative forms

• *kъlbъ

Etymology

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Noun

*kъlbь m

1. gudgeon

Declension

Declension of *kъlbь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъlbь	*kъlba	*kъlbi
genitive	*kъlba	*kъlbu	*kъlbь
dative	*kъlbu	*kъlbema	*kъlbemъ
accusative	*kъlbь	*kъlba	*kъlbę̇
instrumental	*kъlbьmь, *kъlbemь*	*kъlbema	*kъlbi
locative	*kъlbi	*kъlbu	*kъlbixъ
vocative	*kъlbu	*kъlba	*kъlbi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: коўб (koŭb) (dialectal)
  • Russian: колбь (kolbʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ковб (kovb) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kloub
  • Kashubian: ḱełb, ḱełp
  • Polish: kiełb
    • → Lithuanian: kìlbas (obsolete)
  • Slovak: kĺb

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “kilbas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlbъ/*kъlbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колба́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress