Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stavati

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

A byform of *stati +‎ *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognate with Lithuanian stovė́ti (“to stand”), Latvian stāvēt (“to stand”), Proto-Germanic *stōwōną (“to stow”).

Verb

*stavati impf (perfective *stati)

1. (intransitive) to stand up
2. (intransitive) to become
3. (intransitive) to happen, to transpire

Inflection

Conjugation of *stavati, *stava, *stavajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*stavanьje	*stavati	*stavatъ	*stavalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*stavanъ	*stavajemъ
Active	*stavavъ	*stavaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stavaxъ	*stava	*stava	*stavajǫ	*stavaješi	*stavajetь
Dual	*stavaxově	*stavasta	*stavaste	*stavajevě	*stavajeta	*stavajete
Plural	*stavaxomъ	*stavaste	*stavašę	*stavajemъ	*stavajete	*stavajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stavaaxъ	*stavaaše	*stavaaše	—	*stavaji	*stavaji
Dual	*stavaaxově	*stavaašeta	*stavaašete	*stavajivě	*stavajita	—
Plural	*stavaaxomъ	*stavaašete	*stavaaxǫ	*stavajimъ	*stavajite	—

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-‎ (0 c, 12 e)

Derived terms

• *stavъ (“stand, composition, structure”)
• *stava (“joint, stature”)

Derived terms

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: става́ць (stavácʹ)
  • Russian: става́ть (stavátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: става́ти (staváty)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: ста́вам (stávam)
  • Macedonian: станува (stanuva)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: stávat
  • Old Polish: stawać
    • Polish: stawać
    • Silesian: stŏwać
  • Slovak: stavať
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: stawac
    • Slovincian: stawac

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “ставам, стана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 422