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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stavъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *stāw-, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ēw- (Author?), a form of *steh₂-.

Compare Lithuanian stovà (place), stõvis (state, condition), Latvian stàvs m, Ancient Greek στοά (stoá), Aeolic στωΐα (stōḯa, column), Proto-Germanic *stōwō (> Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua, trial), Old English stów f (place)).

Noun

*stavъ m

  1. state, condition
  2. joint
  3. stand, structure ?[1]

Declension

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: ставъ (stavŭ)

References

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), став”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912), ставъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 488
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