Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/stála

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From an earlier *stálan, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-o-lo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand [up]). Cognate with Sanskrit स्थलम् (sthalam, firm ground, foundation) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (seat, stool, throne) (full-grade).[1][2]

    Noun

    *stála n[1][2][3]

    1. table
    2. seat, chair

    Inflection

    Fixed accent.

    Declension of *stála (o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *stála *stálai *stálāˀ
    accusative *stála *stálai *stálāˀ
    genitive *stálā *stálāu(ˀ) *stálōn
    locative *stálai *stálāu(ˀ) *stálaišu
    dative *stálōi *stálamā(ˀ) *stálamas
    instrumental *stálōˀ *stálamāˀ *stálōis
    vocative *stála *stálai *stálāˀ

    Descendants

    • Lithuanian: stãlas
    • Samogitian: stals
    • Old Prussian: stallan
    • Proto-Slavic: *stòlъ (< *stálas) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*stòlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 468:BSl. *stolos
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “stalas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
    3. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 166