Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stъlbъ

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

Alternative forms

• *stьlbъ, *stъlpъ, *stъlba

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stl̥b-. Cognate with Lithuanian stul̃bas, Latvian stulbs, Old Norse stolpi (“pillar”).

Noun

*stъlbъ m

1. post, pillar

Declension

Declension of *stъlbъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stъlbъ	*stъlba	*stъlbi
genitive	*stъlba	*stъlbu	*stъlbъ
dative	*stъlbu	*stъlboma	*stъlbomъ
accusative	*stъlbъ	*stъlba	*stъlby
instrumental	*stъlbъmь, *stъlbomь*	*stъlboma	*stъlby
locative	*stъlbě	*stъlbu	*stъlběxъ
vocative	*stъlbe	*stъlba	*stъlbi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стълбъ (stŭlbŭ)
    • Belarusian: стоўб (stoŭb)
    • Russian: столб (stolb)
    • Ukrainian: стовб (stovb)
    • → Estonian: tulp
    • → Polish: stołp (“belfry”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: стлъба (stlŭba)
  • Bulgarian: стълб (stǎlb), стълба (stǎlba)
  • Macedonian: столб (stolb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сту̏б, ступ

    Latin: stub, stup

  • Slovene: stółb (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stlúp
    • Czech: sloup
  • Kashubian: stôłp
  • Polish: słup
    • → Belarusian: слуп (slup)
  • Polabian: ståup
  • Slovak: stĺp
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: słup
    • Upper Sorbian: stołp

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Middle Low German: staup, stûp
    • → German: Staupe
  • → Romanian: stâlp

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “столб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress