Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strybati

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 not independently attested *strybъ (but cf. Ukrainian Стриб (Stryb, hydronym), Russian стрыбый (strybyj, “rapid, quick”) matching Lithuanian sraujùs (“rapid”) et al.) from *stry-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *srū-, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”) + *-ati.

Original meaning was “to flow, run”. The modern meanings of Ukrainian стрибати (strybaty, “to jump”) is late and can be explained by figurative meaning “to flow quickly over a stone; run chaotically” which suggests a shift in meaning from horizontal to vertical movement. Cf. also Latvian diet (“to run, dance, jump”), Sanskrit प्रवते (pravate, “to undulate, jump”).

Verb

*strybati impf

1. (original) to flow, run
   1. → to move quickly

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *Strybogъ (“Slavic god of the water or river”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: стрыбуля́ць (strybuljácʹ, “bounce while walking”) (dialectal)
  • Russian: стриба́ть (stribátʹ, “to flash (about the lightning)”) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Russian: стрыбый (strybyj, “rapid, quick”)
  • Ukrainian: стриба́ти (strybáty, “to jump”)