Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja

Object noun of *stati (“to stand”) +‎ *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stotìs (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).

A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).

*stàja f[1][2]

1. stall, station → compartment

   Synonyms: *stojidlo, *stajadlo

2. (by extension) sty, barn, stable (stall for livestock)

   → herd, flock (East Slavic)

   Synonyms: *stado, *čьrda

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• *stajica, *stajьka (diminutive)
• *stajьnъ

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
    • Belarusian: ста́я (stája, “herd”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
      • → Lithuanian: staĩnė (“stable”)
    • Russian: ста́я (stája, “herd, flock”)
    • Ukrainian: ста́я (stája, “shepherd's hut”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic: стаꙗ (staja)
  • Bulgarian: ста́я (stája, “room”)
  • Macedonian: стаја (staja) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̏ја

    Latin script: stȁja

  • Slovene: stája (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stájě
    • Czech: stáj m or f (standard), stáje f (alternative)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стая”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A.; Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 439