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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьmъ

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

Superceded an earlier i-stem *strьmь +‎ *-ъ (still attested as indeclinable form in OCS). Attested with o-vocalism in Polish stromy, Belarusian стро́мы (strómy).

Besides the adjective, Russian also has an abstract noun стрём (strjom, “fear, anxiety”), ultimately from the same origin.

Adjective

*strь̃mъ[1]

  1. Alternative form of *strьmь (“steep”)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *strьmati (“to shock, to scare”)
  • *strьmogolvъ (“headlong”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: стрьмъ (strĭmŭ), стрьмо (strĭmo, “directly, straight”) (adverb)
    • Russian: стрёмый (strjómyj, “cunning”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: стрьмъ (strĭmŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: стр̏м
      Latin: stȑm
    • Slovene: str̄m (tonal orthography)
  • East Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “strm”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *strьmъ̏”
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