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

Alternative forms

*steliti

Etymology

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

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

Verb

*stьlati impf

to spread

Inflection

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

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
- Old Polish: słać, stłać
  - Polish: słać
- 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, 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