Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kologъ

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 *kolo +‎ *-ogъ.

Noun

*kologъ m

1. (literally) turn, rotation
2. Yule

   Synonym: *prosinьcь

Declension

Declension of *kologъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kologъ	*kologa	*kolodzi
genitive	*kologa	*kologu	*kologъ
dative	*kologu	*kologoma	*kologomъ
accusative	*kologъ	*kologa	*kology
instrumental	*kologъmь, *kologomь*	*kologoma	*kology
locative	*kolodzě	*kologu	*kolodzěxъ
vocative	*kolože	*kologa	*kolodzi

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: кологъ (kologŭ, “Yule”)
  • Bulgarian: колог (kolog, “Yule”) (archaic)
  • Macedonian: коложег (koložeg, “January”) (archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̏ложег (“January”) (archaic)

    Latin script: kȍložegъ (“January”) (archaic)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*koložegъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151