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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolkolъ

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

Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kolHkolH-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, shout). Cognate with Latvian kaļuôt (talk idly), Greek καλέω (kaléo, call), Latin calāre (call). In any case, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun

*kȏlkolъ m[1][2]

  1. bell

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ко́локол (kólokol)
    • Ukrainian: ко́локіл (kólokil)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: клаколъ (klakolŭ)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kolkolъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229: “m. o (c) ‘bell’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), kolkolъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c klokke (PR 137; MP 20)”
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