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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

*strokà f^[1]

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

Declension edit

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 edit

*stročiti (“to stitch”)
*strokatъ (“alternating, occuring in pattern; motley (for coloration)”)
*strokovъ, *stročьnъ

Related terms edit

*stьrčiti (“to protrude, to be erect”)
*strěkati (“to throb, to pound”), *strikati (“to slaughter”)
*stьrkъ (“stork”) (possibly)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: строка (stroka)
  - Russian: строка́ (stroká), стро́чка (stróčka)
  - Ukrainian: строка́ (stroká), стрі́чка (stríčka)
West Slavic:
- Middle Polish: stroka (“mark, pattern”)
  - → Belarusian: страка́ (straká, “belt”)
  - → Ukrainian: строка́ (stroká, “band, ribbon”)

References edit

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

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

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