Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolovortъ

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 (“wheel; circle”) +‎ *vortъ.

Noun

*kolovortъ m

1. circulation
2. whirlpool
3. wheel and axle
4. spinning wheel

Inflection

Declension of *kolovortъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolovortъ	*kolovorta	*kolovorti
genitive	*kolovorta	*kolovortu	*kolovortъ
dative	*kolovortu	*kolovortoma	*kolovortomъ
accusative	*kolovortъ	*kolovorta	*kolovorty
instrumental	*kolovortъmь, *kolovortomь*	*kolovortoma	*kolovorty
locative	*kolovortě	*kolovortu	*kolovortěxъ
vocative	*kolovorte	*kolovorta	*kolovorti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коловоротъ (kolovorotŭ)
    • Belarusian: калаваро́т (kalavarót), калаво́рат (kalavórat), кало́варат (kalóvarat), ко́лаварат (kólavarat)
    • Russian: коловоро́т (kolovorót), ко́ловорот (kólovorot), коловра́т (kolovrát)
    • Old Ukrainian: коловоротъ (kolovorot)
      • Ukrainian: ко́ловоріт (kólovorit), ко́ловорот (kólovorot), коловоро́т (kolovorót)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: коловратъ (kolovratŭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍlovrȃt
  • Slovene: kolovrat
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kolovrat
    • Czech: kolovrat
      • Moravian (Mistřice): kou̯ovrat
  • Old Polish: kołowrót
    • Polish: kołowrót, kołowrot
      • → Belarusian: калаўро́т (kalaŭrót)
  • Slovak: kolovrat, kolovrad
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kółowrot
    • Upper Sorbian: kołwrót

• → English: kolovrat

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolovortъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 149