Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strǫga

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

Possibly borrowed from a paleo-Balkan substrate (per Miklošič, perhaps via Romanian), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). From the same source are hypothesized to descend also Romanian strungă (“runway, strait”) (whence Ukrainian стру́нґа (strúnga), стру́нка (strúnka), Hungarian esztrenga), Albanian shtrungë (“runway within sty”). Further cognate with Latvian strùoga (“forest path”).

Noun

*strǫga f

1. alleyway, interspace

Declension

Declension of *strǫga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strǫga	*strǫdzě	*strǫgy
genitive	*strǫgy	*strǫgu	*strǫgъ
dative	*strǫdzě	*strǫgama	*strǫgamъ
accusative	*strǫgǫ	*strǫdzě	*strǫgy
instrumental	*strǫgojǫ, *strǫgǫ**	*strǫgama	*strǫgami
locative	*strǫdzě	*strǫgu	*strǫgasъ, *strǫgaxъ*
vocative	*strǫgo	*strǫdzě	*strǫgy

^* -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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: стръ́га (strǎ́ga), стръ́нга (strǎ́nga) , стро́га (stróga), стру́га (strúga) (all dialectal)
  • Macedonian: страга (straga) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian: стру̏га (“section of sheepfold where sheep are milked”) (regional, in Montenegro, Kosovo, Bačka)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Czech: strunga (dialectal, possibly from Romanian)
  • Polish: strąga
  • >? Slovak: strunga (dialectal, possibly from Romanian)

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стръ́га”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 510
• Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/strǫga”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 348
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “струнка¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 453