Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaľati

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 *kaliti +‎ *-jati, from *kalъ (“mud, dirt”).

Verb

*kaľati

1. to dirty, to soil

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: калꙗти (kaljati)
    • Old Ruthenian: калꙗ́ти (kaljáti); калꙗ́тисѧ (kaljátisja)
      • Belarusian: каля́ті (kaljáti), каля́цца (kaljácca) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: каля́тый (kaljátyj) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: каля́ти (kaljáty); каля́тися (kaljátysja) (dialectal, obsolete)
    • Russian: каля́ть (kaljátʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: калꙗти (kaljati)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰰⰾⱑⱅⰻ (kalěti)

    • Church Slavonic: калꙗти (kaljati) (Russian recension)
  • Bulgarian: ка́лям (káljam); ка́льем (káljem) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ка́љати

    Latin script: káljati

  • Slovene: káljati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: káleti
  • Old Polish: kalać
    • Polish: kalać