Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьdza

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 earlier *stьga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stigāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *stigʰ-eh₂, from *steygʰ- (“to walk”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian stiga (“path”) and Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos), Proto-Germanic *stigaz.

Noun

*stьdzà f

1. path

Inflection

Declension of *stьdzà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьdzà	*stь̀dzi	*stьdzę̇̀
genitive	*stьdzę̇̀	*stьdzù	*stь̀dzь
dative	*stьdzì	*stьdzàma	*stьdzàmъ
accusative	*stьdzǫ̀	*stь̀dzi	*stьdzę̇̀
instrumental	*stьdzèjǫ, *stь̀dzǫ**	*stьdzàma	*stьdzàmī
locative	*stьdzì	*stьdzù	*stьdzàsъ, *stьdzàxъ*
vocative	*stьdze	*stь̀dzi	*stьdzę̇̀

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Synonyms

• *stьgna (“path”)

See also

• *dorga (“road, way”)
• *pǫtь (“way”)
• *cěsta (“road”)
• *tropъ : *tropa
• *ulica (“street”)

Derived terms

• *stьžьka (“small path”)

Related terms

• *stignǫti (“to attain, reach, catch up with”)
• *stiťi (“to attain, reach, catch up with”)
• *stьgna (“path”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стьза (stĭza), стьзꙗ (stĭzja)
    • Russian: стезя́ (stezjá), стега́ (stegá), зга́ (zgá)
    • Ukrainian: сте́жка (stéžka), стезя́ (stezjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: стьѕа (stĭdza), стьза (stĭza)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̀за

    Latin script: stàza

  • Slovene: stəzȁ, stə̀za (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stzě
    • Czech: stez (poetic)
  • Polabian: stadźă
  • Old Polish: stdza, śdza, stdza

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стезя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стезя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 200
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “стезя”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa