Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stublь

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

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Cognate with Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (> Old Norse stubbr m (“trunk?/stump of tree”)), *stubbô (> Old Norse stubbi (“stump”), Middle High German stubbe (“stump”)), Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos), στύφω (stúphō).

Noun

*stublь m

1. well
2. spring

Inflection

Declension of *stublь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stublь	*stubli	*stublьje, *stubľe*
genitive	*stubli	*stublьju, *stubľu*	*stublьjь, *stubli*
dative	*stubli	*stublьma	*stublьmъ
accusative	*stublь	*stubli	*stubli
instrumental	*stublьmь	*stublьma	*stublьmi
locative	*stubli	*stublьju, *stubľu*	*stublьxъ
vocative	*stubli	*stubli	*stublьje, *stubľe*

^* 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).

See also

• *stьblo (“stem”)/*stьblь (“stem”)
• *stьvolъ (“trunk, stem”)
• *stuga (“cavity within a tree trunk”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: стубль (stublĭ, “spring”) (Serbian)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: сту́бло (stúblo)
  • Russian: Стубель (Stubelʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сту́бла (stúbla, “mire”), Сту́бла (Stúbla)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: сту́бел (stúbel, “spring with holed log used for watering”), сту́бла (stúbla)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: стублица (stublica, “trough”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: stubao, stubal
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: стублина (“log, hollowed log”)
  • Slovene: stúblo
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stbel (“spring, well”)
    • Czech: zbel
      • ⇒ Czech: zbelik

Further reading

• Merkulova V. A. (1981) “Восточнославянские этимологии. I”, in Этимология 1979, Moscow, page 8: “стубла”
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Стубла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стубла”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 456
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “стубло”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 351