стопанин

Bulgarian

Etymology

Extended from an earlier стопан (stopan) with the agentive suffix -анин (-anin), used in various dweller terms (cf. Bulgarian селянин (seljanin, “villager”), гражданин (graždanin, “citizen”), мирянин (mirjanin, “world dweller, layman”), etc). Probably extending back to Proto-Slavic *stopanъ with cognates Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ), Serbo-Croatian стопан, Macedonian стопан (stopan) and borrowed also by Romanian stăpân, but beyond that - of uncertain origin.

Proposed etymologies include:

• Georgiev, Simeonov, Miklosich: From a Balkan substratum, akin to Albanian shtëpan (“cheesemonger”), shtëpi (“home”). Some authors (Georgiev, Simeonov) presume Paleo-Balkan origin related to Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”), Latvian stabs (“pole, post”), Old Prussian stabis (“foundation stone”), Proto-Slavic *stoborъ (“fence”) (effectively from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stiffen”)). Others (Barić) suggest metathesis of Latin *hospitanus (“hospitable”).
• Detschew: Second element from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-no-s (“protector”), perhaps of Iranian origin. Compare the second element of Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (xšaçapāvā, “satrap”), Sanskrit क्षत्रप (kṣatrapa).
• Mladenov: From p-extension of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stay, to stand”), akin to Lithuanian stapytis (“to stand still”), Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, “to cause to stay or keep”). Further related to Czech statkář (“property owner”).

Noun

стопа̀нин • (stopànin) m

1. master, property owner, host

   Synonym: домакин (domakin)

2. (dialectal) home spirit, protector of property (mythological)

Related terms

• стопанство (stopanstvo, “property”)
• стопан m (stopan), стопанка f (stopanka), стопанче n (stopanče)
• стопанисвам (stopanisvam, “to manage property”)

Further reading

• stăpîn in Dex.ro (in Romanian)

References

• “стопанин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стопанин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477

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Macedonian

Noun

стопанин • (stopanin) m (plural стопани)

1. master, owner (of cattle, of an inn, etc.)

Synonyms

• стопан (stopan)