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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)strovъ

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab-srawas, *sráwas. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *o(b) + *strovъ, from Proto-Indo-European *srówos, from *srew- (to flow, stream). The literal meaning of the term is “one which gets flowed around” or possibly “flowless” (in case the prefix *o(b)*ob- is applied with abessive function).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian sravà, prasrava, Latvian strava. With another vocalism: Lithuanian srovė̃, strovė̃, Latvian stràvа, strāvе, East Lithuanian sraujà.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit गिरिस्रवा (girisravā), स्रवति (sravati), Ancient Greek ῥόος (rhóos, stream), ῥοή (rhoḗ), ῥέω (rhéō), Old Norse straumr (stream, current, river).

Noun

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*ȍ(b)strovъ m[1]

  1. streamlined
  2. river island
  3. island
Inflection
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Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Non-Slavic:
Further reading
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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “остров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “остров”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 609
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obstrovъ / *obstrovo / *obstrova”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 79
  • Cymburskij V. L. (1999) “Праславянское *ostrovъ: к пересмотру этимологии”, in Slavianovedenie, number 4, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 50

Etymology 2

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From *o(b)strovъ (island).

Adjective

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*o(b)strovъ

  1. islandy
Declension
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Descendants
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Further reading
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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obstrovъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 80

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ostrovъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379:m. o (c) ‘island’