xȏldъ

xȏldъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `coolness, cold'

Page in Trubačev: VIII 57-58

Old Church Slavic:

xladъ (Ps. Sin, Euch.) `coolness, cool breeze' [m o]

Russian:

xólod `cold' [m o]

Czech:

hlad `cold, coolness' [m o]

Slovak:

hlad `coolness, cool shadow' [m o]

Polish:

chɫód `cold, coolness' [m o], chɫodu [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

chɫód `coolness, shade' [m o], chɫoda [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

hlȃd `coolness, cool shade' [m o], hlȃda [Gens];

Čak. hlå̑d (Vrgada) `shade' [m o], hlå̑da [Gens];

Čak. hlȃd (Novi) `shade' [m o];

Čak. hlȃt (Orbanići) `shade' [m o], hlȃda [Gens]

Slovene:

hlȃd `coolness' [m o];

hlad (dial.) `shadow' [m o]

Bulgarian:

xlad `cold, coolness' [m o]

Comments: Possibly cognate with Latin and Germanic words for `cold' reflecting PIE *gel-. The *x- lacks a convincing explanation.

Other cognates:

Lat. gelidus `icy, cool' [adj];

OHG kalt `cold' [adj]