stosina

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seemlingly stos + -ina, but what is the semantic shift?”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /stɔˈɕi.na/

Noun

stosina f

1. (Far Masovian) whip; whipstock

   Synonym: patrzelisko

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860) “stosina”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 758