Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolsъ

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

Formed from *kolti (“to reap”) +‎ *-sъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kolh₂-so-. See also Latin culmus (“stalk”) and Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“butcher's broom”).

Noun

*kȏlsъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]

ear (of grain)

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kȏlsъ	*kȏlsa	*kȏlsi
genitive	*kȏlsa	*kolsù	*kõlsъ
dative	*kȏlsu	*kolsomà	*kolsòmъ
accusative	*kȏlsъ	*kȏlsa	*kȏlsy
instrumental	kȏlsъmь, kȏlsomь^*	*kolsomà	*kolsý
locative	*kȏlsě	*kolsù	*kolsě̃xъ
vocative	*kolse	*kȏlsa	*kȏlsi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ко́лас (kólas)
- Russian: ко́лос (kólos)
- Ukrainian: ко́лос (kólos)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: класъ (klasŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⰰⱄⱏ (klasŭ)
  - → Russian: клас (klas)
- Bulgarian: клас (klas)
- Macedonian: клас (klas)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кла̑с
  
  Latin script: klȃs
- Slovene: klȃs
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: klas
  - Czech: klas
    - Moravian (Mistřice): ku̯as
- Polabian: klås
- Old Polish: kłos
  - Polish: kłos
- Slovak: klas
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kłós
  - Lower Sorbian: kłos

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȏlsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “m. o (c) ‘ear, spike’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kolsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (RPT 105)”
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 6: “*kȏlsъ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȏlsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “m. o (c) ‘ear, spike’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kolsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (RPT 105)”

[3] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 6: “*kȏlsъ”

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