Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stroka

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

Probably from a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (stern, rigid), originally meaning “pricking (on a skewer)” (per Vasmer). Akin to Latvian stracis (moment).

Noun

*strokà f[1]

  1. row, array, string
    Synonyms: *rędъ, *nizъ
  2. (by extension) linear arrangment, pattern

Declension

Declension of *strokà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *strokà *strȍcě *strȍky
genitive *stroký *strokù *stròkъ
dative *strocě̀ *strokàma *strokàmъ
accusative *strȍkǫ *strȍcě *strȍky
instrumental *strokojǫ́ *strokàma *strokàmi
locative *strȍcě *strokù *strokàsъ, *strokàxъ*
vocative *stroko *strȍcě *strȍky

* -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.

Derived terms

  • *stročiti (to stitch)
  • *strokatъ (alternating, occuring in pattern; motley (for coloration))
  • *strokovъ, *stročьnъ
  • *stьrčiti (to protrude, to be erect)
  • *strěkati (to throb, to pound), *strikati (to slaughter)
  • *stьrkъ (stork) (possibly)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: строка (stroka)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “строка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “строка¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 448

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “stroka stroky”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c linje (PR 138)