Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolěja

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

Alternative forms

• *kolějь m

Etymology

From *kolo +‎ *-ěja.

Noun

*kolěja f

1. track, wheel trail

Declension

Declension of *kolěja (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolěja	*kolěji	*kolěję̇
genitive	*kolěję̇	*kolěju	*kolějь
dative	*kolěji	*kolějama	*kolějamъ
accusative	*kolějǫ	*kolěji	*kolěję̇
instrumental	*kolějejǫ, *kolějǫ**	*kolějama	*kolějami
locative	*kolěji	*kolěju	*kolějasъ, *kolějaxъ*
vocative	*kolěje	*kolěji	*kolěję̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: колѣꙗ (kolěja), колиꙗ (kolija)
    • Old Ruthenian: колѣꙗ (kolěja), колѣйко (kolějko)
      • Belarusian: кале́я (kaljéja), каляя́ (kaljajá), калія́ (kalijá), каліва́ (kalivá), кале́йка (kaljéjka) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ко́лія (kólija), ко́лій m (kólij)
    • Russian: колея́ (kolejá); ко́лева́ (kólevá) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: koléja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kolejě
    • Czech: kolej
  • Old Polish: koleja
    • Polish: kolej
    • Silesian: kolyj
  • Old Slovak: koľaj
    • Pannonian Rusyn: коляй (koljaj), коляя (koljaja)
    • Slovak: koľaj, koľaja
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: kòléj
    • Slovincian: kᵘ̯ólėi̯
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kolija
    • Lower Sorbian: kólej

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolěja/*kolějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 131
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колея́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “колія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka