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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolovortъ

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

From *kolo (wheel; circle) + *vortъ.

Noun

*kolovortъ m

  1. circulation
  2. whirlpool
  3. wheel and axle
  4. spinning wheel

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: коловоротъ (kolovorotŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: коловратъ (kolovratŭ)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolovortъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 149
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