Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stublь

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

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Cognate with Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (> Old Norse stubbr m (“trunk?/stump of tree”)), *stubbô (> Old Norse stubbi (“stump”), Middle High German stubbe (“stump”)), Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos), στύφω (stúphō).

Noun

*stublь m

well
spring

Inflection

Declension of *stublь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stublь	*stubli	stublьje, stubľe^*
genitive	*stubli	stublьju, stubľu^*	stublьjь, stubli^*
dative	*stubli	*stublьma	*stublьmъ
accusative	*stublь	*stubli	*stubli
instrumental	*stublьmь	*stublьma	*stublьmi
locative	*stubli	stublьju, stubľu^*	*stublьxъ
vocative	*stubli	*stubli	stublьje, stubľe^*

^* 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).

Descendants

Church Slavonic: стубль (stublĭ, “spring”) (Serbian)

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сту́бло (stúblo)
- Russian: Стубель (Stubelʹ)
- Ukrainian: сту́бла (stúbla, “mire”), Сту́бла (Stúbla)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сту́бел (stúbel, “spring with holed log used for watering”), сту́бла (stúbla)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: стублица (stublica, “trough”)
- Serbo-Croatian: stubao, stubal
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: стублина (“log, hollowed log”)
- Slovene: stúblo
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stbel (“spring, well”)
  - Czech: zbel
    - ⇒ Czech: zbelik