Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьžь

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *strьžę̃ ~ *strь̏žьnь (“core, nucleus”). Possibly cognate with Swedish streke (“cental flux”), from Proto-Germanic *strikiz (“streak, line”).

Compare also Slovene stȍrž, stȑž (“cone, pillar”), seeminly from an yo-stem *strъžь.

Noun

*strьžь m

1. median, kernel

   → central flux of a river, stream (East, West Slavic)

   → marrow (of bones), heartwood (of tree stem) (South Slavic)

Alternative forms

• *strьžь f (i-stem), *strьža f (jā-stem)

Declension

Declension of *strьžь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strьžь	*strьža	*strьži
genitive	*strьža	*strьžu	*strьžь
dative	*strьžu	*strьžema	*strьžemъ
accusative	*strьžь	*strьža	*strьžę̇
instrumental	*strьžьmь, *strьžemь*	*strьžema	*strьži
locative	*strьži	*strьžu	*strьžixъ
vocative	*strьžu	*strьža	*strьži

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: стреж (strež); (dialectal) стрежь f (strežʹ), стрежа́ f (strežá)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стр̏ж m (“core”) (dialectal); possibly ср̑ж f (“marrow”)

    Latin script: stȑž m (“core”) (dialectal); possibly sȓž f (“marrow”)

    • → Macedonian: срж f (srž, “marrow”)
  • Slovene: stȓž (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: strziess (“swirling”)

Further reading

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