Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strǫga
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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. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from a paleo-Balkan substrate (per Miklošič, perhaps via Romanian), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). From the same source are hypothesized to descend also Romanian strungă (“runway, strait”) (whence Ukrainian стру́нґа (strúnga), стру́нка (strúnka), Hungarian esztrenga), Albanian shtrungë (“runway within sty”). Further cognate with Latvian strùoga (“forest path”).
Noun
*strǫga f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *strǫga | *strǫdzě | *strǫgy |
| genitive | *strǫgy | *strǫgu | *strǫgъ |
| dative | *strǫdzě | *strǫgama | *strǫgamъ |
| accusative | *strǫgǫ | *strǫdzě | *strǫgy |
| instrumental | *strǫgojǫ, *strǫgǫ** | *strǫgama | *strǫgami |
| locative | *strǫdzě | *strǫgu | *strǫgasъ, *strǫgaxъ* |
| vocative | *strǫgo | *strǫdzě | *strǫgy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стръ́га”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 510
- Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/strǫga”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 348
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “струнка¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 453