Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okolo

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 *o(b) +‎ *kolo.[1]

    Preposition

    *okolo[1]

    1. (with genitive) around
    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: около (okolo)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: о́коло (ókolo)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: о̏коло
        Latin script: ȍkolo
        • Chakavian (Vrgada): okolo
        • Chakavian (Orbanići): ȍkolo
        • Chakavian (Orlec): õkolo
        • Kajkavian (Bednja): ekyelu
        • Kajkavian (Varaždin): okȏli
      • Slovene: okȏli (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obkolъ/*obkolo/*obkola”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 136

    Further reading

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