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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

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolkolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колокол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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, →ISSN, 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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