Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolbъ

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

Alternative forms

• *kolobъ

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Latvian kalbaks (“piece of bread”).

Noun

*kolbъ m

Declension

Declension of *kolbъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolbъ	*kolba	*kolbi
genitive	*kolba	*kolbu	*kolbъ
dative	*kolbu	*kolboma	*kolbomъ
accusative	*kolbъ	*kolba	*kolby
instrumental	*kolbъmь, *kolbomь*	*kolboma	*kolby
locative	*kolbě	*kolbu	*kolběxъ
vocative	*kolbe	*kolba	*kolbi

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

Derived terms

• *kolbъkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *колобъ (*kolobŭ)
    • Middle Russian: колобъ (kolob) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
      • Russian: ко́лоб (kólob), ко́лу́б (kólúb), коло́ба́ f (kolóbá)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: *колобъкъ (*kolobŭkŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *колобокъ (*kolobok)
        • Belarusian: калабо́к (kalabók) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: колобо́к (kolobók)
      • Middle Russian: колобокъ (kolobok) (17ᵗʰ c.)
        • Russian: колобо́к (kolobók)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒? Slovene: sklabotína (“river drift”)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Old Czech: *klab
    • ⇒ Czech: klábný
    • ⇒ Old Czech: klabka (16ᵗʰ c.)

(possibly) Toponyms:

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: Кла́ба (Klába) (in Southwestern Bulgaria)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Klabava (river)
  • Polish: Kłobie, Kłóbka

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колоб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “Клаба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 409