Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, a borrowing from Latin kalendae.

Noun

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колѧда (kolędaf

  1. calends (first day of a month)
  2. New Year

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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