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

track, wheel trail

Declension

Declension of *kolěja (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kolěja	*kolěji	*kolěję̇
Accusative	*kolějǫ	*kolěji	*kolěję̇
Genitive	*kolěję̇	*kolěju	*kolějь
Locative	*kolěji	*kolěju	kolějasъ, kolějaxъ^*
Dative	*kolěji	*kolějama	*kolějamъ
Instrumental	kolějejǫ, kolějǫ^**	*kolějama	*kolějami
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
  - Czech: kolej; kolaj, kolaja, koľaja, kolajka (dialectal)
- Old Polish: koleja, koley
  - Polish: kolej, koleja; kolaj, kᵘ̯oľi, kᵘ̯olei̯a (dialectal)
- Old Slovak: koľaj
  - Slovak: koľaj, koľaja
- Slovincian: kᵘ̯ólėi̯
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kolija
  - Lower Sorbian: kólej