Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storžь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *starˀgiás. Probably descending from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“to protect, to shield”), akin with Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”), στοργή (storgḗ, “affection”). Further comparable with Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“to strengthen”) whence Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stark”).

Compare also Latvian sar̂gs (“watchman, guard”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman, guard”), Proto-Slavic *sorgъ (“strict, watchful”).

Noun

*stȏržь m

1. guard

Inflection

Declension of *stȏržь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stȏržь	*stȏrža	*stȏrži
genitive	*stȏrža	*storžù	*stõržь
dative	*stȏržu	*storžemà	*storžèmъ
accusative	*stȏržь	*stȏrža	*stȏržę̇
instrumental	*stȏržьmь, *stȏržemь*	*storžemà	*storží
locative	*stȏrži	*storžù	*storžĩxъ
vocative	*storžu	*stȏrža	*stȏrži

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *storžiti (“to keep a watch over”)
• *storža (“garrison”) (collective)
• *storžařь, *storžьnikъ (“guardian”)
• *storžišče (“guarded place, protectorate”)

Related terms

• *sterťi (“to protect”)
• *strogъ (“austere, stern”)

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: сторожь (storožĭ)
  • Belarusian: сто́раж (stóraž)
  • Russian: сто́рож (stórož)
  • Ukrainian: сто́рож (stórož)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: стражь (stražĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⰰⰶⱐ (stražĭ)

    • → Russian: страж (straž)
    • → Ukrainian: страж (straž)
  • Bulgarian: страж (straž)
  • Macedonian: страж (straž)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stráž
    • Czech: stráž
  • Polabian: storz
  • Old Polish: stróż
    • Polish: stróż
  • Slovak: stráž

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сто́рож”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “страж”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 485