Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sterťi

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

• Derksen: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sterˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. Cognate with Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) and with Lithuanian sérgėti (“to guard”), 3sg. sérgi, 3sg. past sérgėjo (Old Lithuanian sérgmi, athematic), Lithuanian sárgas (“guard”), Latvian sar̂gs (“guard”), with unexplained loss of -t-.
• Vasmer: Contamination of two separate roots, represented respectively by Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) and Lithuanian sérgėti (“to guard”). The latter is cognate with Latin servō (“to save”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬌 (ha^uruuati, “to protect”).

*sterťi impf

1. to guard

• *stȏržь (“guard”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стеречи (stereči)
    • Belarusian: сцерагчы́ (scjerahčý)
    • Russian: стере́чь (steréčʹ)
    • Ukrainian: стеречи́ (sterečý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: стрѣщи (strěšti)

    Glagolitic:

  • Slovene: strẹ́či (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: střieci
    • Czech: stříci (archaic)
  • Polish: strzec

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стерегу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стере́чь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 202