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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stuga

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

Per Skok, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg-, a g-extension of *(s)tew- (“to pound, to strike”).

In Czech, Slovak, there is attested stuha (“ribbon”), which Vasmer derives from unrelated Proto-Slavic *sъtǫga (“knot, splice”) whence Old East Slavic сътуга (sŭtuga), Russian стуга (stuga, “conjoint”).

Noun

*stuga f

  1. cavity, crack, hollow structure
  2. (perhaps) small land depression, groove → mire (in dialectal East Slavic)

Declension

See also

  • *stukъ (“knock”)
  • *stygnǫti (“to stiffen, to freeze”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Сту́гна (Stúgna, “Stuhna river”) (hydronym)
    • >? Ukrainian: сту́га (stúha, “mire, peat swamp”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: сту́глица (stúglica, “node in a tree”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete, historical)
      Cyrillic: сту̏га (“type of hollow container”)
      Latin: stȕga, strùglina (“wooden trough”) (dialectal)

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