Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlъ

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

zero-grade derivative of *kolti.

Noun

*kъlъ m

1. fang, tusk

Inflection

Declension of *kъlъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъlъ	*kъla	*kъli
genitive	*kъla	*kъlu	*kъlъ
dative	*kъlu	*kъloma	*kъlomъ
accusative	*kъlъ	*kъla	*kъly
instrumental	*kъlъmь, *kъlomь*	*kъloma	*kъly
locative	*kъlě	*kъlu	*kъlěxъ
vocative	*kъle	*kъla	*kъli

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: кол (kol) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ікло (iklo)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ка̑л

    Latin script: kȃl

  • Slovene: kel
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kel
    • Czech: kel
  • Kashubian: kło
  • Polish: kieł
    • → Kashubian: czeł (proscribed)
  • Slovak: kel

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 261