Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/statь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. By surface analysis, *stati +‎ *-tь.

Noun

*statь f

1. build, form

Inflection

Declension of *statь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*statь	*stati	*stati
genitive	*stati	*statьju, *staťu*	*statьjь, *stati*
dative	*stati	*statьma	*statьmъ
accusative	*statь	*stati	*stati
instrumental	*statьjǫ, *staťǫ*	*statьma	*statьmi
locative	*stati	*statьju, *staťu*	*statьxъ
vocative	*stati	*stati	*stati

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стать (statĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: стать (statʹ)
      • Ukrainian: стать (statʹ)
    • Russian: стать (statʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒? Kashubian: pòstacëjô
  • Czech: stať
  • ⇒ Old Polish: postać
    • Polish: postać
    • Silesian: postać

Further reading

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