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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolěbati

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

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Verb

*kolěbàti impf[1][2]

  1. (transitive) to rock, to swing
  2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to waver

Conjugation

Reanalyzed at a later stage among some descendants as:

See also

  • *kolyxati, *kolysati (to rock)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: колѣбати (kolěbati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kolébat, kolíbat
    • Old Polish: kolebać, cholebać
      • Polish: kolebać, kolibać (obsolete); cholebać (dialectal)
    • Old Slovak: kolébať
      • Slovak: kolembať; kolíbat (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      Lower Sorbian: kólebaś
      Upper Sorbian: kolebać

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), kolěbati: kolěbjǫ kolěbjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b bevæge, vugge (PR 136)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), kolebati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *koleba̋ti in *kolěba̋ti”

Further reading

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