Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja

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.

Object noun of *stati (“to stand”) +‎ *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stoti̇̀s (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).

A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).

*stàja f

1. stall, station → compartment

   Synonyms: *stojidlo, *stajadlo

2. (by extension) sty, barn, stable (stall for livestock)

   → herd, flock (East Slavic)

   Synonyms: *stado, *čьrda

• *stajica, *stajьka (diminutive)
• *stajьnъ

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
    • Belarusian: ста́я (stája, “herd”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
      • → Lithuanian: stai̇̃nė (“stable”)
    • Russian: ста́я (stája, “herd, flock”)
    • Ukrainian: ста́я (stája, “shepherd's hut”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic: стаꙗ (staja)
  • Bulgarian: ста́я (stája, “room”)
  • Macedonian: стаја (staja) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̏ја

    Latin script: stȁja

  • Slovene: stája (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stájě
    • Czech: stáj m or f (standard), stáje f (alternative)
  • Old Slovak: staja, stajňa
    • Slovak: stajňa

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стая”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стая”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 439