Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьmь

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.

Not entirely clear, but the presiding opinion tends towards an archaic i-stem from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“rigid, erect”) or *(s)terh₁- (“to stiffen”)^[1] + *-ьmь (compare o-stems *-ьmъ, *-ьmo), related to Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), στέριφος (stériphos, “solid, rigid”), στερέμνιος (sterémnios, “sturdy”), German stramm (“tight”). Sobolevsky, Mladenov have alternatively proposed possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *srey- (“to flow, stream”) akin to Proto-Slavic *struja, *strumy (“stream”).

Machek further suggests possible kinship to Lithuanian trìmti (“to shiver”) (also meaning “to sink, to subside”), trem̃ti (“to exile”) < Proto-Indo-European *trem-.

*strьmь

1. steep, abrupt

   Synonym: *krǫtъ

• *strьmъ (o-stem)
• *strьmьnъ (extended with no-stem)

• *strьměti (“to obtrude, to be steep”), *strьmiti (“to strive”)
• *strьmьcь (“striver”)
• *strьmina (“steepness”)
• *strьmьgolvъ, *strьmogolvъ (“headlong”)

• *stremę (“stirrup”)
• *stromъ (“steep slope, cliff”)
  • *stromъ, *stromъkъ (“steep”)
• *trьmъ (“solid”)
  • *trimati (“to keep”)

• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: стръм f (strǎm, “steep”) (poetic, fosilized substantivized form)

*strьmь

1. exactly, absolutely

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: стрьмь (strĭmĭ)

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стръм”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 512
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стреми́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стрім”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 445