стопанин

From an earlier стопа́н (stopán) (dialectal) +‎ -ин (-in) (agentive suffix). Formally reflects Proto-Slavic *stopan(in)ъ which yielded Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ), Serbo-Croatian стопан, Macedonian стопан (stopan) and was loaned into Romanian stăpân, but beyond that - of uncertain origin.

Proposed etymologies include:

• Georgiev, Simeonov: From a Balkan substratum, akin to Albanian shtëpâ (“head shepherd; cheese-making shepherd”), shtëpi (“home”). Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”), Latvian stabs (“pole, post”), Old Prussian stabis (“foundation stone”), Proto-Slavic *stoborъ (“fence”) (effectively from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stiffen”)). Albanologists (Çabej, Huld, Orel) consider the Albanian terms loanwords from Slavic or Greek (or Latin);
• Miklošich, Barić: Possibly from a metathesis of Latin *hospitanus (“hospitable”), hospitium (“inn, lodging”);
• Mladenov: From p-extension of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stay, to stand”), akin to Lithuanian stapytis (“to stand still”), Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, “to cause to stay or keep”). Further related to Czech statkář (“property owner”);
• Detschew: Second element from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-no-s (“protector”), perhaps of Iranian origin. Compare the second element of Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /xšaçapāvā/, “satrap”), Sanskrit क्षत्रप (kṣatrapa).

стопа́нин • (stopánin) m (feminine стопа́нка)

1. master, property owner, host

   Synonym: домакин (domakin)

2. (dialectal) home spirit, protector of property (mythological)

• стопа́н m (stopán), стопа́нка f (stopánka), стопа́нче n (stopánče)
• стопа́нство (stopánstvo, “property”)
• стопа́нисвам (stopánisvam, “to manage property”)

• stăpîn in Dex.ro (in Romanian)

• стопанин in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• стопанин in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Todorov T., editor (2010), “стопанин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 477

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɔpanin]

стопанин • (stopanin) m (plural стопани, feminine стопанка, related adjective стопански)

1. master, owner (of cattle, of an inn, etc.)

• стопан (stopan)