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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostrovъ

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *abstrawas. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *o(b)- + *strovъ, from Proto-Indo-European *s(t)rówos, from *srew- (flow, stream). The literal meaning of the term is one which gets flowed around or possibly flowless (in case the prefix *ob- is applied with abessive function).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian sravà, prasrava, Latvian strava. With another vocalism: Lithuanian srovė̃, strovė̃, Latvian stràvа, strāvе, East Lithuanian sraujà.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit गिरिस्रवा (girisravā), स्रवति (sravati), Ancient Greek ῥόος (rhóos, stream), ῥοή (rhoḗ), ῥέω (rhéō), Proto-Germanic *straumaz (stream, current, river).

Noun

*ȍstrovъ m[1]

  1. streamlined
  2. river island
  3. island
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • *ostrověnъ / *ostrověninъ / *ostrovljaninъ (islander)
  • *ostrovina
  • *ostrovišče
  • *ostrovitěninъ (islander)
  • *ostrovitъ (islandly; islandy)
  • *ostrovъ
  • *ostrovъkъ (small island)
  • *ostrovьcь (small island)
  • *ostrovьje (archipelago)
  • *ostrovьnъ (insular)
  • *ostrovьskъ (insular)
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srew-‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Descendants
Further reading

Etymology 2

From *ostrovъ (island).

Adjective

*ostrovъ

  1. islandy
Declension
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: Острово́й (Ostrovój)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wótšowy
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ostrovъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379: “m. o (c) ‘island’”
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