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 (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “коляда́”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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