Koledaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Kolyada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the original Slavic word for Christmas, still used in modern Belarusian (Каляды, Kalady, Kalyady), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian (Коледа, Коледе) and Slovak (Koleda). Some suppose the word was borrowed the word from the Latin calendae [1]; compare "Kalends". Others believe it derived from Kolo, "wheel". Another speculation is that it derived from the Bulgarian/Macedonian word "коля/колам" (kolia/kolam), which means "to rip, to kill (a man), to cut animal for eating", or from the Serbian "коло, колодар" (kolo, kolodar). Some claim it was named after Kolyada, the Slavic god of winter [2].