Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьgna

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-Indo-European stigʰ-n-eh₂, from the root *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”).

Noun

*stьgna f

path
Synonym: *pǫ̃tь

Inflection

Declension of *stьgna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьgna	*stьgně	*stьgny
genitive	*stьgny	*stьgnu	*stьgnъ
dative	*stьgně	*stьgnama	*stьgnamъ
accusative	*stьgnǫ	*stьgně	*stьgny
instrumental	stьgnojǫ, stьgnǫ^**	*stьgnama	*stьgnami
locative	*stьgně	*stьgnu	stьgnasъ, stьgnaxъ^*
vocative	*stьgno	*stьgně	*stьgny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стьгна (stĭgna)
  - Russian: сто́гна (stógna) (obsolete)
  - Ukrainian: сто́гни (stóhny) (obsolete)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: стьгна (stĭgna)
- Bulgarian: стъгда́ (stǎgdá)
- Slovene: stəgnè (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: stegna
- Old Polish: ściegna, stegna
  - Polish: ściegna (dialectal)
- Slovincian: stegna