Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stru-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*stru-^[1]

gray-haired, old

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stru- (1 c, 0 e)

*stru-yós
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *strujas (“uncle, old man”)^[2]^[3] (see there for further descendants)
*stru-tis
- Proto-Celtic: *strutis (“old, senior”)^[4] (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “stru-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1037
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “strujus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432: “*strujos”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strъjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “*strujos”
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*struti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “stru-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1037

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “strujus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432: “*strujos”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strъjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “*strujos”

[4] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*struti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

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