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. bell

Inflection

Declension of *kȏlkolъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kȏlkolъ	*kȏlkola	*kȏlkoli
genitive	*kȏlkola	*kolkolù	*kolkòlъ
dative	*kȏlkolu	*kolkolomà	*kolkolòmъ
accusative	*kȏlkolъ	*kȏlkola	*kȏlkoly
instrumental	*kȏlkolъmь, *kȏlkolomь*	*kolkolomà	*kolkolý
locative	*kȏlkolě	*kolkolù	*kolkolě̃xъ
vocative	*kolkole	*kȏlkola	*kȏlkoli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ко́локол (kólokol)
  • Ukrainian: ко́локіл (kólokil)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: клаколъ (klakolŭ)

• West Slavic:
  • Polabian: kluokü’öl, klåťöl

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