Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stanъ

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 *stāˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-no-m, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Morphologically *stati +‎ *-nъ. Cognate with Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna), Middle Persian -stʾn'.

Noun

*stȃnъ m

1. stature, stand
2. camp
3. frame

   → loom (secondary)

   → mill (secondary)

Inflection

Declension of *stȃnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stȃnъ	*stȃna	*stȃni
genitive	*stȃna	*stanù	*stãnъ
dative	*stȃnu	*stanomà	*stanòmъ
accusative	*stȃnъ	*stȃna	*stȃny
instrumental	*stȃnъmь, *stȃnomь*	*stanomà	*staný
locative	*stȃně	*stanù	*staně̃xъ
vocative	*stane	*stȃna	*stȃni

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

Declension of *stȃnъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stȃnъ	*stȃny	*stȃnove
genitive	*stȃnu	*stanovù	*stanòvъ
dative	*stȃnovi	*stanъmà	*stȃnъmъ
accusative	*stȃnъ	*stȃny	*stȃny
instrumental	*stȃnъmь	*stanъmà	*stanъmì
locative	*stanú	*stanovù	*stȃnъxъ
vocative	*stanu	*stȃny	*stȃnove

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-‎ (0 c, 12 e)

Derived terms

• *stanovъ
  • *stanoviti
    • *stanovišče, *stanovisko (“position, campsite”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: станъ (stanŭ)
    • Belarusian: стан (stan)
    • Russian: стан (stan)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: стан (stan)
    • Ukrainian: стан (stan)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: станъ (stanŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⰰⱀⱏ (stanŭ)

  • Bulgarian: стан (stan)
  • Macedonian: стан (stan)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̑н

    Latin script: stȃn

  • Slovene: stȃn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stan
    • Czech: stan
  • Old Polish: stan
    • Polish: stan
    • Silesian: stōn
  • Slovak: stan
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: stón
    • Slovincian: stón
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: stan
    • Upper Sorbian: stan

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: stan
  • → Byzantine Greek: στάνη (stánē)
    • Greek: στάνη (stáni)
  • → Romanian: stână

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “станъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 492
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “стан”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa