Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolě

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

*koli
*kolь

Etymology

*ko +‎ *li. The first part is the pronoun Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, the second part of the compound is the Slavic particle *li. Cognate with Latin qualis.

Pronoun

*kolě

(interrogative) how many?

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Polish: kile, kiele (remodeled after ile)

Conjunction

*kolě

when, as

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: калі́ (kalí)
- Russian: ко́ли (kóli, “if”), коли́ (kolí, “when”), коль (kolʹ, “if”)
- Carpathian Rusyn: коли (koly, “if/when”)
- Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: коли (koli), коль (kolĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰾⰹ (koli)
- Bulgarian: коле (kole)
- Slovene: kòli

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “коли”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “коли”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 117
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Proto-Slavic/kolě”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka