Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stъlpъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stulpas / *stulbas, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-p-ós / *stl̥-bʰ-ós, from *stel-. Doublet of *stъlbъ. Cognates include Lithuanian stul̃pas, stul̃pa, Latvian stùlps.

Noun

*stъ̃lpъ m^[1]^[2]

post, pole, pillar, column

Declension

Declension of *stъ̃lpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stъ̃lpъ	*stъlpà	*stъlpì
genitive	*stъlpà	*stъlpù	*stъ̃lpъ
dative	*stъlpù	*stъlpòma	*stъlpòmъ
accusative	*stъ̃lpъ	*stъlpà	*stъlpỳ
instrumental	stъlpъ̀mь, stъlpòmь^*	*stъlpòma	*stъ̃lpy
locative	*stъlpě̀	*stъlpù	*stъ̃lpěxъ
vocative	*stъlpe	*stъlpà	*stъlpì

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стълпъ (stŭlpŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: стовпъ (stovp), столпъ (stolp)
    - Belarusian: стоўп (stoŭp)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: стовп (stovp)
    - Ukrainian: стовп (stovp)
    - → Polish: stołp
  - Russian: столп (stolp) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Estonian: tulp
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⰾⱏⱂⱏ (stlŭpŭ)
  Old Cyrillic script: стлъпъ (stlŭpŭ)
  - Bulgarian: стълп (stǎlp)
  - Macedonian: столп (stolp)
  - → Romanian: stâlp
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сту̑п
  
  Latin script: stȗp
- Slovene: stȍlp (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stlúp
  - Czech: sloup
- Old Polish:
  - Polish: słup
    - → Old Ruthenian: слупъ (slup)
      - Belarusian: слуп (slup)
      - Ukrainian: слуп (slup)
  - Silesian: sup
- Old Slovak: stĺp, slúp, stlúp
  - Pannonian Rusyn: слуп (slup)
  - Slovak: stĺp, slúp
- Polabian: ståup
  - → Middle Low German: staup, stûp
    - → Middle High German: stūpe
      - → German: Staupe
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: słup, stôłp
  - Slovincian: slúp
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: słup
  - Upper Sorbian: stołp

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: oszlop

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “stъlpъ (stъlbъ)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b stolpe (SA 156; PR 134)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “stolp”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stъlpъ̏”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “stъlpъ (stъlbъ)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b stolpe (SA 156; PR 134)”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “stolp”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stъlpъ̏”

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