Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stěna
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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 *staiˀnā́ˀ. Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *stain (“stone”), Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”) and Sanskrit स्त्यायते (styāyate, “hardens, solidifies”).
Noun
*stěnà f
- conglomeration (of stones)
- lump, block
- cliff, rock
- wall, stone wall
Declension
Declension of *stěnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *stěnà | *stě̑ně | *stě̑ny |
| genitive | *stěný | *stěnù | *stě̃nъ |
| dative | *stěně̀ | *stěnàma | *stěnàmъ |
| accusative | *stě̑nǫ | *stě̑ně | *stě̑ny |
| instrumental | *stěnojǫ́ | *stěnàma | *stěnàmi |
| locative | *stě̑ně | *stěnù | *stěnàsъ, *stěnàxъ* |
| vocative | *stěno | *stě̑ně | *stě̑ny |
* -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.
Related terms
Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стена”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стена”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 201
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “стена”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa