Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kologъ

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 +‎ *-ogъ.

Noun

*kologъ m

  1. (literally) turn, rotation
  2. Yule
    Synonym: *prosinьcь

Declension

Declension of *kologъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kologъ *kologa *kolodzi
genitive *kologa *kologu *kologъ
dative *kologu *kologoma *kologomъ
accusative *kologъ *kologa *kology
instrumental *kologъmь, *kologomь* *kologoma *kology
locative *kolodzě *kologu *kolodzěxъ
vocative *kolože *kologa *kolodzi

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

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: кологъ (kologŭ, Yule)
    • Bulgarian: колог (kolog, Yule) (archaic)
    • Macedonian: коложег (koložeg, January) (archaic)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ко̏ложег (January) (archaic)
      Latin script: kȍložegъ (January) (archaic)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*koložegъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151