поставлять (Russian)

Where does "поставлять" come from?

The Russian verb 'поставлять', meaning 'to supply'[1], is formed from the Russian base 'поста́вить' combined with the suffix '-я́ть'[1]. The underlying root traces back through Old East Slavic 'ставити' and Proto-Slavic '*staviti'[3], meaning 'to place, put'[3]. This Slavic ancestor ultimately derives from Proto-Balto-Slavic '*stāw-' and Proto-Indo-European roots connected to standing, specifically '*sth₂-ēw-' and '*steh₂-'[4].

Open questions

The Proto-Balto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European ancestral forms are reconstructed linguistic stages. [4]

Full etymology tree

поставлять (postavljatʹ) (Russian), 'to supply'
- derived поставить (postávitʹ) (Russian), 'to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station (In a vertical position)'
  - prefix по- (po-) (Russian), 'perfective aspect'
  - derived ставить (stávitʹ) (Russian), 'to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station'
    - inherited ставити (staviti) (Old East Slavic)
      - inherited *staviti (Proto-Slavic), 'to place, put'
        inherited *stāw- (Proto-Balto-Slavic)
        inherited *sth₂-ēw- (Proto-Indo-European)
        inherited *steh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), 'to stand (up)'
- suffix -ять (-játʹ) (Russian), 'The infinitive suffix for many verbs. Usually indicates an imperfective verb. Often used to derive imperfective verbs from prefixed perfective verbs in -ить (-itʹ), and triggers iotation.'

Ancestors

поставить (Russian)
-ять (Russian)

Sources

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