коляда

Russian

noun+

Definitions

(uncountable) an extinct Christmas folk tradition, featuring people going around singing Christmas Christmas carols and receiving gifts
(dialectal) Christmas Eve, Christmas or the Twelve Days of Christmas

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda derived from Latin kalendae (1st day of a month, calends).

Origin

Latin

kalendae

Gloss

1st day of a month, calends

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

calendula Latin
kalendae Latin
καλανδαί Ancient Greek
kolęda Polish
calend Old English
*kolęda Proto-Slavic
koleda Czech
quenda Galician
Коледе Macedonian
каляды Belarusian
колѧда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian