Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫprǫgъ

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

Equivalent to *sǫ- +‎ *prǫgъ (“shackle, splice”). Analogous to Latin coniūnx m or f (“spouse”) < coniugō (“to unite, to yoke”).

Noun

*sǫprǫ̀gъ m

1. (literally) yokemate, companion
2. husband (male spouse)

Declension

Declension of *sǫprǫgъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sǫprǫgъ	*sǫprǫga	*sǫprǫdzi
genitive	*sǫprǫga	*sǫprǫgu	*sǫprǫgъ
dative	*sǫprǫgu	*sǫprǫgoma	*sǫprǫgomъ
accusative	*sǫprǫgъ	*sǫprǫga	*sǫprǫgy
instrumental	*sǫprǫgъmь, *sǫprǫgomь*	*sǫprǫgoma	*sǫprǫgy
locative	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgu	*sǫprǫdzěxъ
vocative	*sǫprǫže	*sǫprǫga	*sǫprǫdzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *sǫprǫga (“wife”)
• *sǫprǫžьskъ (“conjugal”)

Related terms

• *prę(ž)ťi, *pręgati (“to press, to apply force”)
• *prǫžina (“spring (tool)”)
• *prǫglo (“snare”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѫпрѫгъ (sǫprǫgŭ), супругъ (suprugŭ)
    • Belarusian:
    • Russian: супру́г (suprúg)
    • Ukrainian: супру́г (suprúh)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: сѫпрѫгъ (sǫprǫgŭ)
  • Bulgarian: съпру́г (sǎprúg); съпръ́г (sǎprǎ́g) (dated)
  • Macedonian: сопруг (soprug)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су̏пруг

    Latin script: sȕprug

  • Slovene: soprọ̑g (tonal orthography)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “супру́г”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “съпруг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 672