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Stolichnaya

Stolichnaya comes from Russian столи́чный ‘of capital city’, from Proto-Slavic *stolica ‘chair, seat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-o-lo-mreconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stálan‘seat, chair’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stolъ‘seat’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*stolica‘chair, seat’reconstructed
  6. Russianmodernстоли́ца‘capital’
  7. Russian, derivedmodernстоли́чныйstolíčnyj‘of capital city’
  8. Russian, derivedmodernСтоли́чнаяStolíčnaja
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2021Stolichnaya

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-o-lo-mreconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stálan‘seat, chair’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stolъ‘seat’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*stolica‘chair, seat’reconstructed
  6. Russianmodernстоли́ца‘capital’
  7. Russian, derivedmodernстоли́чныйstolíčnyj‘of capital city’
  8. Russian, derivedmodernСтоли́чнаяStolíčnaja
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2021Stolichnaya

Earliest quotation: 2021, Maureen Dowd, Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston!: “When Ewan McGregor was but a wee lad in…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

state, system, post, rest, stand, stay, distance, assistant, stadium, assistance, instance, constitution, contest, consistent, stable, assist, stood, establishment, establish, instant, stem, substance, stability, destiny, distant, resist, testimony, destination, insist, consist, persistent, static, prostitution, stud, prostitute, persist, stationary, substitution, stale, extant, 159 more

Today it means

noun A brand of vodka made of wheat and rye grain.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / Stolichnaya

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