Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьlati

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stíltei, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian stallīt (“to stand”).

Verb

*stьlati impf

1. to spread

Inflection

Conjugation of *stьlati, *stьla, *steľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*stьlanьje	*stьlati	*stьlatъ	*stьlalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*stьlanъ	*steľemъ
Active	*stьlavъ	*steľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stьlaxъ	*stьla	*stьla	*steľǫ	*steľeši	*steľetь
Dual	*stьlaxově	*stьlasta	*stьlaste	*steľevě	*steľeta	*steľete
Plural	*stьlaxomъ	*stьlaste	*stьlašę	*steľemъ	*steľete	*steľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stьlaaxъ	*stьlaaše	*stьlaaše	—	*steľi	*steľi
Dual	*stьlaaxově	*stьlaašeta	*stьlaašete	*steľivě	*steľita	—
Plural	*stьlaaxomъ	*stьlaašete	*stьlaaxǫ	*steľimъ	*steľite	—

Derived terms

• *posteľa / *posteľь (“bedding, bedclothes”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стьлати (stĭlati)
    • Belarusian: слаць (slacʹ)
    • Russian: стлать (stlatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: сла́ти (sláty), стели́ти (stelýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: стьлати (stĭlati)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: сте́ля (stélja)
  • Slovene: stláti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stláti
    • Czech: stlát
  • Polish: słać (e.g. słać łóżko = make the bed), ścielić
  • Slovak: stlať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: słać
    • Lower Sorbian: słaś, stłaś

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 473
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стлать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress