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-e-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).

Noun

*stála n[1][2]

table
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
Old Prussian: stallan
Proto-Slavic: *stòlъ (see there for further descendants)

References

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 (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 166
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”

[1] 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 (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 166

[2] 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”