Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōlas. A neuter o-stem derivative of *kolti. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian kuõlas (“stake”).

Noun

*kòlъ m

1. stake

Inflection

Declension of *kòlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kòlъ	*kolà	*kolì
genitive	*kolà	*kolù	*kòlъ
dative	*kolù	*kolòma	*kolòmъ
accusative	*kòlъ	*kolà	*kolỳ
instrumental	*kolъ̀mь, *kolòmь*	*kolòma	*kòly
locative	*kolě̀	*kolù	*kòlěxъ
vocative	*kole	*kolà	*kolì

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кол (kol)
  • Russian: кол (kol)
    • → Finnish: kola
  • Ukrainian: кіл (kil)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: колъ (kolŭ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: кол (kol)
  • Macedonian: кол (kol), колец (kolec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: колац

    Latin script: kolac

  • Slovene: kȍl (tonal orthography)
• West: Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kól
    • Czech: kůl
  • Old Polish: kół
    • Polish: kół, koł (Middle Polish), kój (Wieleń)
    • Silesian: kōł
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: kół
  • Slovak: kôl
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kół
    • Upper Sorbian: kół

Further reading

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