Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/straxъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *strākš-, with Ruki sound change from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-. Cognate with Lithuanian stregti, Latin strāges, Proto-West Germanic *strak.

Noun

*strȃxъ m

1. fear, terror

Declension

Derived terms

• *strašьnъ
• *strašiti
• *strašidlo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: страхъ (straxŭ)
    • Belarusian: страх (strax)
    • Russian: страх (strax)
    • Ukrainian: страх (strax)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: страхъ (straxŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⱃⰰⱈⱏ (straxŭ)

  • Bulgarian: страх (strah)
  • Macedonian: страв (strav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стра̑х

    Latin script: strȃh

    • Chakavian (Iž): strḁ̑h
  • Slovene: strȃh (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: strach
    • Czech: strach
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): strach
      • Moravian (Mistřice): strach
  • Kashubian: strach
  • Polabian: strox
  • Old Polish: strach
    • Polish: strach
    • Silesian: strach
  • Slovak: strach
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: trach
    • Lower Sorbian: tšach

References

• Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 526, 530