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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stǫpenь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From the same root as *stǫpiti (“to step, tread”). Sorbian forms might instead be derived from Proto-Slavic *stǫpьnь and therefore be cognate to dialectal Russian сту́пень (stúpenʹ, “type of footwear”).
Noun
*stǫpenь m or f
- rung, stair, step
- Synonym: *ščeblь
Inflection
Declension of *stǫpenь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stǫpenь | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьje, *stǫpeňe* |
Accusative | *stǫpenь | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni |
Genitive | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьju, *stǫpeňu* | *stǫpenьjь, *stǫpeni* |
Locative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьju, *stǫpeňu* | *stǫpenьxъ |
Dative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьma | *stǫpenьmъ |
Instrumental | *stǫpenьmь | *stǫpenьma | *stǫpenьmi |
Vocative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьje, *stǫpeňe* |
* 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).
Declension of *stǫpenь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stǫpenь | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni |
Accusative | *stǫpenь | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni |
Genitive | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьju, *stǫpeňu* | *stǫpenьjь, *stǫpeni* |
Locative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьju, *stǫpeňu* | *stǫpenьxъ |
Dative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpenьma | *stǫpenьmъ |
Instrumental | *stǫpenьjǫ, *stǫpeňǫ* | *stǫpenьma | *stǫpenьmi |
Vocative | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni | *stǫpeni |
* 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
noun
- *stepenь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ступе́нь (stupjénʹ)
- Russian: ступе́нь (stupénʹ)
- Ukrainian: сту́пінь (stúpinʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: стъ́пен (stǎ́pen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сту̑пањ
- Latin: stȗpanj
- Slovene: stȯ́pənj (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: stupeň
- Slovak: stupeň
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: stuṕeń (“felt boot”)
- Upper Sorbian: stupjeń (“felt boot”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ступе́нь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress