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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
Accusative *strȍkǫ *strȍcě *strȍky
Genitive *stroký *strokù *stròkъ
Locative *strȍcě *strokù *strokàsъ, *strokàxъ*
Dative *strocě̀ *strokàma *strokàmъ
Instrumental *strokojǫ́ *strokàma *strokàmi
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:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: stroka (“mark, pattern”)
      • → Belarusian: страка́ (straká, “belt”)
      • → Ukrainian: строка́ (stroká, “band, ribbon”)

Further reading

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “stroka stroky”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c linje (PR 138)”
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