колѧда
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰾⱔⰴⰰ (kolęda)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, a borrowing from Latin kalendae.
Noun
колѧда • (kolęda) f
- calends (first day of a month)
- New Year
Descendants
- East Slavic: [Term?]
- Belarusian: каля́ды (kaljády) (plurale tantum)
- Russian: коляда́ (koljadá)
- ⇒ Russian: коля́дка (koljádka)
- Ukrainian: коляда́ (koljadá)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: koleda
- Polish: kolęda
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: Коледа (Koleda)
- Serbo-Croatian: kòleda, ко̀леда
- Other:
- Romanian: colindă
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “коляда́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress