Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stopa

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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

Unclear; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tep- (to trample) (whence also *tepti (to beat), *stepь (steppe)) or *(s)temp- (to stamp) (whence *stǫpa (piston, mortar)) with irregular loss of nasalization.

Vasmer, Ivanov additionally consider potential relation to Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, to uphold, to set up) (< *sth₂- + *-op-), which has been alternatively compared with South Slavic *stopanъ (landlord), Lithuanian pãstapas (column, stand), stapýti (to stand still).

Noun

*stōpà f[1][2]

  1. foot
    Synonym: *nogà
  2. footprint, footstep, trace
    Synonyms: *pętьno, *slě̑dъ, *tropъ

Inflection

noun

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стопа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стопанин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477
  • stapýtis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “stopa stopy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b fod(spor) (PR 135)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “stopa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *stopa̋