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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stъpica
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *stьpica[1] (based on doublet Old East Slavic стьпица (stĭpica), favoured by Brückner, Trautmann)
Etymology
Per Iljinsky, Uhlenbeck (favoured by Vasmer, Snoj): related to Latvian stups (“broom”), Lithuanian stū̃pas (“stem, stick”) (< stùplas (“rigid, stiff”)), presumably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stúpas + *-ica. Vasmer further correlates dialectal Russian сто́пка (stópka, “wooden pin”) (< *stъpъka). If correct, probably cognate with Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos, “stem”), Old Norse stúfr (“stump”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to prick, to stamp”).
Some of the descendants have been influenced/merged with closely sounding Germanic borrowings (cf. German Spitze (“tip, skewer”), Speiche (“spoke”); Old Norse spíkr (“spike”)).
Noun
*stъpìca f[1]
- spoke of wheel
- (secondary) needle, pin
Declension
Declension of *stъpìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stъpìca | *stъpìci | *stъpìcę̇ |
Accusative | *stъpìcǫ | *stъpìci | *stъpìcę̇ |
Genitive | *stъpìcę̇ | *stъpìcu | *stъpìcь |
Locative | *stъpìcī | *stъpìcu | *stъpìcāsъ |
Dative | *stъpìcī | *stъpìcama | *stъpìcāmъ |
Instrumental | *stъpìcējǫ, *stъpìcǭ* | *stъpìcama | *stъpìcāmī |
Vocative | *stъpìce | *stъpìci | *stъpìcę̇ |
* 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: стъпица (stŭpica), спица (spica) (XII cent.)
- Belarusian: спі́ца (spíca)
- Russian: спи́ца (spíca), шпи́ца (špíca)
- Ukrainian: спи́ця (spýcja)
- Old East Slavic: стъпица (stŭpica), спица (spica) (XII cent.)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: спи́ца (spíca)
- Macedonian: спица (spica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спи̏ца, жби̏ца
- Cyrillic: спи̏ца, žbȉca
- Slovene: špíca, žbíca (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stpicě
- Czech: špice
- Old Polish: stpica
- Polish: szpica
- Slovak: sрiса
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: stpica, stwica
- Old Czech: stpicě
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: shpicë
- → Romanian: spiță
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “špíca¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stьpi̋ca [ali] *stъpi̋ca”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “спица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стопка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “спица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 391
- “stuplas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012