Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/stábas
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
O-grade nominal derivative from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”).
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”) (see there for further descendants) and akin to Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”).
Noun
*stábas m
Declension
| Declension of *stábas (o-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *stábas | *stábōˀ | *stábai(ˀ) | |
| Accusative | *stában | *stábōˀ | *stábō(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *stábā | *stábāu(ˀ) | *stábōn | |
| Locative | *stábai | *stábāu(ˀ) | *stábaišu | |
| Dative | *stábōi | *stábamā(ˀ) | *stábamas | |
| Instrumental | *stábōˀ | *stábamāˀ | *stábōis | |
| Vocative | *stábe | *stábōˀ | *stábai(ˀ) | |
Derived terms
- *stabī́ˀtei (“to halt”)
- *stábaras (“halter, post”)
See also
- *stubúras (“stalk”) (within Slavic, overlapping with descendants of *stábaras)
- *stembtei (“to stem”) (possibly related via a nasal infix)
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: stabis (“rock, cliff”) (i-stem)
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stabs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, page 915
Further reading
- “stabas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “steber”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si