Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Strybogъ

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From *strybъ from *stry-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *srū-, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”) + *-ogъ. For the structure compare *Sъvarogъ.

Old East Slavic Стрибогъ (Stribogŭ) instead of expected **Стрыбогъ can be explained by mixing i and y attested for southern Old East Slavic texts since 11ᵗʰ cent. which is explained as South Slavic influence, cf. Ukrainian Стрий (Stryj) : Стрый (Stryj), Стрына (Stryna) : Стрина (Stryna).^[1]

The theonym is also often reconstructed as *Stribogъ, from *stьri (“to extend, spread”) + *bogъ, for the structure compare *Daďьbogъ. This etymology is possible, but unlikely due to the uniqueness of the etymology of *Daďьbogъ, which has its origin in a wish-formula (see *daďь bože).

*Strybogъ m^[2]

1. (Slavic mythology) Stribog (Slavic god of the water or river)

• *strybati

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Стрибогъ (Stribogŭ) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Стрибожь (Stribožĭ)
    • Russian: Стрибожь (Stribožʹ)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: Стрибоже (Strybože) (hydronym), Стрибожская (Strybožskaja) (hydronym), Стрибож (Strybož) (econym)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Polish: Strzyboga (econym)
  • ⇒? Polish:
    • →? Latin: Striboc (learned)
  • ⇒? Old Polabian: (hydronym)
    • →? Latin: Striboz (learned)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → German: Stribog (learned)
  • → English: Stribog (learned)
  • → French: Stribog (learned)
  • → Japanese: ストリボーグ (learned)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Стрибог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “Стри́бо́г”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 439