Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strъjь

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

Alternative forms

• *stryjь
• *strycь

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stru-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *struyós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *strujas

Proto-Slavic *strъjь

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *strujas, from Proto-Indo-European *stru-yós, from *stru- (“gray-haired, old”). Cognate with Lithuanian strùjus (“uncle, old man”), Irish sruith (“wise man, sage”).

Vasmer says that it can be from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (cf. Latin patruus). Morphologically ptr->ttr->str + Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas.

Noun

*strъjь m

1. uncle

Derived terms

*strъjьkъ / *strъjьko

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: стрыкъ (stryk)
    • Ukrainian: стрик (stryk), стри́йко (strýjko) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: стри́ко (stríko) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: стрико (striko)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стри́ко

    Latin script: stríko

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: strýk
  • Old Polish: stryjek, stryk
    • Polish: stryjek, stryk
  • Old Slovak: strýk, strýko
    • Pannonian Rusyn: стрикo (striko)
    • Slovak: strýko
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: tryk, tšyjk (archaic)
    • Upper Sorbian: tryk (archaic)

*strъjьcь

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: стриєць (stryjecʹ) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Russian: Стрыец (Stryjec) (surname)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стри̑ц

    Latin script: strȋc

    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: strĩc
  • Slovene: stríc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: strýc, stříc
    • Czech: strýc, strejc
  • Old Slovak: strýc
    • Slovak: strýc

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стрꙑи (stryi), стръи (strŷi)
    • Old Ruthenian: стрый (stryj)
      • Belarusian: стрый (stryj) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: стрый (strŷj)
      • Ukrainian: стрий (stryj) (dialectal)
    • Russian: строй (stroj), стрый (stryj) (dialectal, archaic)
  • Old Novgorodian:

    Old Cyrillic script: стръи (strŷi)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⱏⰻ (strŷi)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Serbian Church Slavonic: стрꙑи (stryi)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: stryj
    • Polish: stryj
  • Polabian: stråjă

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “strujus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*strъjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “строй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress