Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stenati

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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 *sten-, from Proto-Indo-European *sten-.

Cognate with Lithuanian stenė́ti (to groan, to moan) (1sg. stenù), Latvian stenêt (1sg. stenu, stenẽju, Old Prussian stīnons (hard-won, transferred, perf. part.), Ancient Greek στένω (sténō, to moan, to sigh, to bewail), Old English stenan (to groan), Sanskrit स्तनति (stánati, to rattle, to rumble).

Verb

*stenàti

  1. to groan, to moan

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*stenàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стена́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress