Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьžьnь

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *strьžę

Etymology

Generalized from the oblique stem of an earlier n-stem Proto-Balto-Slavic *strigē̃n ~ *strígenes. Cognate with Old Prussian strigeno (“brain, marrow”).

Further origin traditionally derived (per Trautmann, Iljinsky, Vasmer) from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to strike”) with Winter's law blocked in vicinaty of a nasal. Derksen suggests instead *streygʰ- (according to Rasmussen, maybe *streygʷʰ-), perhaps akin to Polish *strząc (“to shake”) (with n-infix), Lithuanian strìgti (“to stick”), Latvian strigt (“to tighten”).

An ad hoc hypothesis due to Sobolevsky proposes origin from formally incompatible *strъgati (“to scrape”), with root -ь- due to assimilation (vowel harmony) or under the influence of *strьmь (“steep, abrupt; absolutely”).

Noun

*strь̏žьnь m

1. core, nucleus

   Synonym: *ędro

2. pivotal part

Alternative forms

• *strь̏ženь, *strȉženь

Declension

Declension of *strь̏žьnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strь̏žьnь	*strь̏žьni	*strь̏žьnьjē, *strь̏žьňē*
genitive	*strьžьní	*strьžьnьjù, *strьžьňu*	*strьžьnь̀jь
dative	*strь̏žьni	*strьžьnьmà	*strь̏žьnьmъ
accusative	*strь̏žьnь	*strь̏žьni	*strь̏žьni
instrumental	*strь̏žьnьmь	*strьžьnьmà	*strьžьnьmì
locative	*strьžьní	*strьžьnьjù, *strьžьňu*	*strь̏žьnьxъ
vocative	*strьžьni	*strь̏žьni	*strь̏žьnьjē, *strь̏žьňē*

^* 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

• *striťi (“to trim, to shear”) (possibly)
• *strьžь (“median”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стрьжьнъ (strĭžĭnŭ), стръжьнь (strŭžĭnĭ)
    • Belarusian: стры́жень (strýžjenʹ)
    • Russian: сте́ржень (stérženʹ); (dialectal) стре́жень (stréženʹ)
    • Ukrainian: стри́жень (strýženʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: стръжьнь (strŭžĭnĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⱏⰶⱐⱀⱐ (strŭžĭnĭ)

  • Slovene: stržẹ̑n (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stržen, střen
    • Czech: dřeň
  • Kashubian: dërżeń, drëżeń, drzéń, drzón
  • Old Polish: drzeń, zdrzeń
    • Polish: rdzeń, drdzeń (Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia), drzeń (Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland)
    • Silesian: drzyń
  • Slovak: stržeň

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сте́ржень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “strigti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012