Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stegn̥ce

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 *stegnò +‎ *-ьce.

Noun

*stegǹ̥ce n^[1]

diminutive of *stegnò (“thigh”)

Declension

According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type D and to the accent curve variant A^b.

Declension of *stegǹ̥ce (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stegǹ̥ce	*stegn̥ci	*stegn̥ca
genitive	*stegn̥ca	*stegn̥cu	*stegn̥cь
dative	*stegn̥cu	*stegn̥cema	*stegn̥cemъ
accusative	*stegǹ̥ce	*stegn̥ci	*stegn̥ca
instrumental	stegn̥cьmь, stegn̥cemь^*	*stegn̥cema	*stegn̥ci
locative	*stegn̥ci	*stegn̥cu	*stegn̥cixъ
vocative	*stegǹ̥ce	*stegn̥ci	*stegn̥ca

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сцягенца (scjahjenca)
- Ukrainian: стеге́нце (stehénce)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: стѐганце
  
  Latin script: stègance

References

^ Dybo, Vladimir A. (2000) Морфонологизованные парадигматические акцентные системы: Типология и генезис [Morphophonologized paradigmatic accent systems: Typology and genesis]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 104: “*stègnьce > *stegǹ̥ce ― *stègnʹce > *stegǹ̥ce”

[1] Dybo, Vladimir A. (2000) Морфонологизованные парадигматические акцентные системы: Типология и генезис [Morphophonologized paradigmatic accent systems: Typology and genesis]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 104: “*stègnьce > *stegǹ̥ce ― *stègnʹce > *stegǹ̥ce”

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