Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stonъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stanas, from Proto-Indo-European *stón-os, from *sten-. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek στόνος (stónos, “sighing, moaning”).

Noun

*stonъ m

1. moan, groan

Declension

Declension of *stonъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stonъ	*stona	*stoni
genitive	*stona	*stonu	*stonъ
dative	*stonu	*stonoma	*stonomъ
accusative	*stonъ	*stona	*stony
instrumental	*stonъmь, *stonomь*	*stonoma	*stony
locative	*stoně	*stonu	*stoněxъ
vocative	*stone	*stona	*stoni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: стон (ston)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: стон (ston)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ston
  • Slovak: ston

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 468
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress