Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъtrava

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

Deverbal from *sъtraviti. If the Latin strava is derived from Slavic, the word is the earliest attested Slavic word. See also *mȅdъ.

Noun

*sъtrava f^[1]^[2]^[3]

food, fodder

Declension

Declension of *sъtrava (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъtrava	*sъtravě	*sъtravy
genitive	*sъtravy	*sъtravu	*sъtravъ
dative	*sъtravě	*sъtravama	*sъtravamъ
accusative	*sъtravǫ	*sъtravě	*sъtravy
instrumental	sъtravojǫ, sъtravǫ^**	*sъtravama	*sъtravami
locative	*sъtravě	*sъtravu	sъtravasъ, sъtravaxъ^*
vocative	*sъtravo	*sъtravě	*sъtravy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

*trāvà

verbs

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сътрава (sŭtrava)
  - Old Ruthenian: стра́ва (stráva)
    - Belarusian: стра́ва (stráva)
    - Ukrainian: стра́ва (stráva)
  - Russian: стра́ва (stráva), стро́ва (stróva) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: сътрава (sŭtrava)
  - → Romanian: strava
- Slovene: stráva
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: strava, ztrava
  - Czech: strava
- Old Polish: strawa
  - Polish: strawa
- Old Slovak: strava
  - Slovak: strava
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: strawa
  - Slovincian: strawa
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: strawa (archaic)

Non-Slavic:
- → Latin: strava (possibly)

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “strawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 579
^ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “стра́ва”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стра́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Václav Machek (1968) “tráviti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 650
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “стра́ва”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
strava in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “strawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 579

[2] Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “стра́ва”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN

[3] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стра́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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