Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koliko

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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Pronoun

*koliko

1. (with noun in genitive) how much, how many
2. neuter of *kolikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ко́лькі (kólʹki)
  • Russian: ско́лько (skólʹko)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko)
  • Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky), Ukrainian: кі́льки (kílʹky), Ukrainian: кі́лько (kílʹko)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: колико (koliko)
  • Bulgarian: ко́лко (kólko)
  • Macedonian: ко́лку (kólku)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: колѝко

    Latin script: kolìko

  • Slovene: kọ́liko, kọ̑liko (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: koliko, kolik
    • Czech: kolik
  • Old Polish: kilko, kielko
    • Polish: kilka, kilko, kielko, kielka, kolko, koliko (Middle Polish)
    • Silesian: kilka, kela (Cieszyn Silesia)
  • Slovak: koľko
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: kùlkò, kùli, kùle
    • Slovincian: kùlkô
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kelko

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ско́лько”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress