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^[1]

Etymology

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

Noun

*kolbъ m^[1]^[2]

round bread?

Declension

Declension of *kȏlbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kȏlbъ	*kȏlba	*kȏlbi
genitive	*kȏlba	*kolbù	*kõlbъ
dative	*kȏlbu	*kolbomà	*kolbòmъ
accusative	*kȏlbъ	*kȏlba	*kȏlby
instrumental	kȏlbъmь, kȏlbomь^*	*kolbomà	*kolbý
locative	*kȏlbě	*kolbù	*kolbě̃xъ
vocative	*kolbe	*kȏlba	*kȏlbi

^* -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)
    - Belarusian: калабо́к (kalabók) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: колобо́к (kolobók)
    - Middle Russian: колобокъ (kolobok) (17ᵗʰ c.)
      - Russian: колобо́к (kolobók)
- ⇒ Old Novgorodian: колобьꙗ (kolobĭja) (14ᵗʰ c.)
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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolbъ/*kolobъ (*kolobь)?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 121
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “kolbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (PR 137)”