Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьmъ

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.

Superceded the earlier i-stem *strьmь +‎ *-ъ (still attested as an indeclinable form in OCS). Attested with o-vocalism in Polish stromy and Belarusian стро́мы (strómy).

Besides the adjective, Russian also has an abstract noun стрём (strjom, “fear, anxiety”), ultimately of the same origin.

*strь̃mъ

1. Alternative form of *strьmь (“steep”)

• *strьmati (“to shock, to scare”)
• *strьmogolvъ (“headlong”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стрьмъ (strĭmŭ), стрьмо (strĭmo, “directly, straight”) (adverb)
  • Russian: стрёмый (strjómyj, “cunning”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: стрьмъ (strĭmŭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стр̏м

    Latin script: stȑm

  • Slovene: str̄m (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: strmý
  • Slovak: strmý

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стремгла́в”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress