Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/straxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *strākš-, with Ruki sound change from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-. Cognate with Lithuanian stregti, Latin strāges, Proto-West Germanic *strak.

Noun

*strȃxъ m

fear, terror

Declension

Declension of *strȃxъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strȃxъ	*strȃxa	*strȃśi
genitive	*strȃxa	*straxù	*strãxъ
dative	*strȃxu	*straxomà	*straxòmъ
accusative	*strȃxъ	*strȃxa	*strȃxy
instrumental	strȃxъmь, strȃxomь^*	*straxomà	*straxý
locative	*strȃśě	*straxù	*straśě̃xъ
vocative	*straše	*strȃxa	*strȃśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: страхъ (straxŭ)
  - Belarusian: страх (strax)
  - Russian: страх (strax)
  - Ukrainian: страх (strax)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: страхъ (straxŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⱃⰰⱈⱏ (straxŭ)
- Bulgarian: страх (strah)
- Macedonian: страв (strav)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: стра̑х
  
  Latin script: strȃh
  - Chakavian (Iž): strḁ̑h
- Slovene: strȃh (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: strach
  - Czech: strach
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): strach
    - Moravian (Mistřice): strach
- Kashubian: strach
- Polabian: strox
- Old Polish: strach
  - Polish: strach
  - Silesian: strach
- Slovak: strach
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: tšach
  - Upper Sorbian: strach, (dialectal) trach

References

Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 526, 530