Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostroga

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 forms

  • *ostrogъ

Etymology

From *ostrъ +‎ *-oga.

Noun

*ostroga f

  1. goad?, spur?
    Synonym: *bodьcь

Inflection

Declension of *ostroga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ostroga *ostrodzě *ostrogy
genitive *ostrogy *ostrogu *ostrogъ
dative *ostrodzě *ostrogama *ostrogamъ
accusative *ostrogǫ *ostrodzě *ostrogy
instrumental *ostrogojǫ, *ostrogǫ** *ostrogama *ostrogami
locative *ostrodzě *ostrogu *ostrogasъ, *ostrogaxъ*
vocative *ostrogo *ostrodzě *ostrogy

* -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).

nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: острогатъ (ostrogatŭ)
    • Russian: остро́г (ostróg), острога́ (ostrogá), остро́га (ostróga) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: остро́га (ostróha)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̏струга
      Latin script: ȍstruga
    • Slovene: ostróga (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Hungarian: ösztöke

Further reading

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