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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sterťi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
- Derksen: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sterˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. Cognate with Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) and with Lithuanian sérgėti (“to guard”), 3sg. sérgi, 3sg. past sérgėjo (Old Lithuanian sérgmi, athematic), Lithuanian sárgas (“guard”), Latvian sar̂gs (“guard”), with unexplained loss of -t-.
- Vasmer: Contamination of two separate roots, represented respectively by Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) and Lithuanian sérgėti (“to guard”). The latter is cognate with Latin servō (“to save”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraiti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬌 (hauruuati, “to protect”).
Verb
*sterťi impf
- to guard
Inflection
Conjugation of *sterťi, *sterže, *steržetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sterženьje | *sterťi | *sterťь | *sterglъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *sterženъ | *stergomъ |
| Active | *stergъ | *stergy |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sterg(ox)ъ | *sterže | *sterže | *stergǫ | *steržeši | *steržetь |
| Dual | *sterg(ox)ově | *sterg(e/os)ta | *sterg(e/os)te | *sterževě | *steržeta | *steržete |
| Plural | *sterg(ox)omъ | *sterg(e/os)te | *stergǫ, *stergošę | *steržemъ | *steržete | *stergǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *steržaaxъ | *steržaaše | *steržaaše | — | *sterdzi | *sterdzi |
| Dual | *steržaaxově | *steržaašeta | *steržaašete | *sterdzěvě | *sterdzěta | — |
| Plural | *steržaaxomъ | *steržaašete | *steržaaxǫ | *sterdzěmъ | *sterdzěte | — |
- Notes:
- Aorist *stergeste ⇒ *steržeste, ...
Related terms
- *stȏržь (“guard”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стеречи (stereči)
- Belarusian: сцерагчы́ (scjerahčý)
- Russian: стере́чь (steréčʹ)
- Ukrainian: стеречи́ (sterečý)
- Old East Slavic: стеречи (stereči)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: стрѣщи (strěšti)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Slovene: strẹ́či (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: střieci
- Czech: stříc
- Polish: strzec
- Old Czech: střieci
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стерегу́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “стере́чь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 202