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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolěja

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
  • *kolějь m

Etymology

From *kolo +‎ *-ěja.

Noun

*kolěja f

  1. track, wheel trail

Declension
Declension of *kolěja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kolěja *kolěji *kolěję̇
genitive *kolěję̇ *kolěju *kolějь
dative *kolěji *kolějama *kolějamъ
accusative *kolějǫ *kolěji *kolěję̇
instrumental *kolějejǫ, *kolějǫ** *kolějama *kolějami
locative *kolěji *kolěju *kolějasъ, *kolějaxъ*
vocative *kolěje *kolěji *kolěję̇
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: колѣꙗ (kolěja), колиꙗ (kolija)
      • Old Ruthenian: колѣꙗ (kolěja), колѣйко (kolějko)
        • Belarusian: кале́я (kaljéja), каляя́ (kaljajá), калія́ (kalijá), каліва́ (kalivá), кале́йка (kaljéjka) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: ко́лія (kólija), ко́лій m (kólij)
      • Russian: колея́ (kolejá); ко́лева́ (kólevá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: koléja (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kolejě
    • Old Polish: koleja
      • Polish: kolej
      • Silesian: kolyj
    • Old Slovak: koľaj
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: kòléj
      • Slovincian: kᵘ̯ólėi̯
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kolija
      • Lower Sorbian: kólej

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolěja/*kolějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 131
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колея́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “колія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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