Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьgna

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-Indo-European *stigʰ-n-eh₂, from the root *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”).

Noun

*stьgna f

1. path

   Synonym: *pǫ̃tь

Inflection

Declension of *stьgna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьgna	*stьgně	*stьgny
genitive	*stьgny	*stьgnu	*stьgnъ
dative	*stьgně	*stьgnama	*stьgnamъ
accusative	*stьgnǫ	*stьgně	*stьgny
instrumental	*stьgnojǫ, *stьgnǫ**	*stьgnama	*stьgnami
locative	*stьgně	*stьgnu	*stьgnasъ, *stьgnaxъ*
vocative	*stьgno	*stьgně	*stьgny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

• *stьdza
• *stьžьka

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стьгна (stĭgna)
    • Russian: сто́гна (stógna) (obsolete)
    • Ukrainian: сто́гни (stóhny) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: стьгна (stĭgna)

  • Bulgarian: стъгда́ (stǎgdá)
  • Slovene: stəgnè (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: stegna
  • Old Polish: ściegna
    • Lesser Polish: ściegna
  • Slovincian: stegna

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сто́гна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress