Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьžь
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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
Related to Proto-Slavic *strьžę̃ ~ *strь̏žьnь (“core, nucleus”). Possibly cognate with Swedish streke (“cental flux”), from Proto-Germanic *strikiz (“streak, line”).
Compare also Slovene stȍrž, stȑž (“cone, pillar”), seeminly from an yo-stem *strъžь.
Noun
Alternative forms
- *strьžь f (i-stem), *strьža f (jā-stem)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *strьžь | *strьža | *strьži |
| genitive | *strьža | *strьžu | *strьžь |
| dative | *strьžu | *strьžema | *strьžemъ |
| accusative | *strьžь | *strьža | *strьžę̇ |
| instrumental | *strьžьmь, *strьžemь* | *strьžema | *strьži |
| locative | *strьži | *strьžu | *strьžixъ |
| vocative | *strьžu | *strьža | *strьži |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: strziess (“swirling”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стреж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strьžь; *strьža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “m. jo; f. jā ‘core, deepest spot of a river’”