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”)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strьžь; *strьža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “m. jo; f. jā ‘core, deepest spot of a river’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strьžь; *strьža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “m. jo; f. jā ‘core, deepest spot of a river’”

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