Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strybati

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.

From not independently attested *strybъ (but cf. Ukrainian Стриб (Stryb, hydronym), Russian стрыбый (strybyj, “rapid, quick”) matching Lithuanian sraujùs (“rapid”) et al.) from *stry-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *srū-, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”) + *-ati.

Original meaning was “to flow, run”. The modern meanings of Ukrainian стрибати (strybaty, “to jump”) is late and can be explained by figurative meaning “to flow quickly over a stone; run chaotically” which suggests a shift in meaning from horizontal to vertical movement. Cf. also Latvian diet (“to run, dance, jump”), Sanskrit प्रवते (pravate, “to undulate, jump”).

*strybati impf

1. (original) to flow, run
   1. → to move quickly

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• *Strybogъ (“Slavic god of the water or river”)

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: стрыбуля́ць (strybuljácʹ, “bounce while walking”) (dialectal)
  • Russian: стриба́ть (stribátʹ, “to flash (about the lightning)”) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Russian: стрыбый (strybyj, “rapid, quick”)
  • Ukrainian: стриба́ти (strybáty, “to jump”)