Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stavъ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stāw-, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ēw- (Author?), a form of *steh₂-.

Compare Lithuanian stovà (“place”), stõvis (“state, condition”), Latvian stàvs m, Ancient Greek στοά (stoá), Aeolic στωΐα (stōḯa, “column”), Proto-Germanic *stōō (> Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua, “trial”), Old English stów f (“place”)).

Noun

*stavъ m

1. state, condition
2. joint
3. stand, structure ?

Declension

Declension of *stavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stavъ	*stava	*stavi
genitive	*stava	*stavu	*stavъ
dative	*stavu	*stavoma	*stavomъ
accusative	*stavъ	*stava	*stavy
instrumental	*stavъmь, *stavomь*	*stavoma	*stavy
locative	*stavě	*stavu	*stavěxъ
vocative	*stave	*stava	*stavi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *ostavъ
• *sǫstavъ
• *staviti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ставъ (stavŭ)
    • Belarusian: став (stav)
    • Russian: став (stav)
    • Ukrainian: став (stav)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ставъ (stavŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⰰⰲⱏ (stavŭ)

  • Bulgarian: ста́ва (stáva)
  • Macedonian: став (stav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̏в

    Latin script: stȁv

  • Slovene: stȃva
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stav
    • Czech: stav
  • Old Polish: staw
    • Polish: staw
  • Slovak: stav
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: staw
    • Lower Sorbian: staw

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “став”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=3 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “ставъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences