Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storžь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storžь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *starˀgiás. Probably descending from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“to protect, to shield”), akin with Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”), στοργή (storgḗ, “affection”). Further comparable with Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“to strengthen”) whence Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stark”).

Compare also Latvian sar̂gs (“watchman, guard”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman, guard”), Proto-Slavic *sorgъ (“strict, watchful”).

Noun

stȏržь m[1][2][3]

1. guard

Inflection

Declension of *stȏržь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*stȏržь	*stȏrža	*stȏrži
Accusative	*stȏržь	*stȏrža	*stȏržę̇
Genitive	*stȏrža	*storžù	*stõržь
Locative	*stȏrži	*storžù	*storžĩxъ
Dative	*stȏržu	*storžemà	*storžèmъ
Instrumental	*stȏržьmь, *stȏržemь*	*storžemà	*storží
Vocative	*storžu	*stȏrža	*stȏrži

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *storžiti (“to keep a watch over”)
• *storža (“garrison”) (collective)
• *storžařь, *storžьnikъ (“guardian”)
• *storžišče (“guarded place, protectorate”)

Related terms

• *sterťi (“to protect”)
• *strogъ (“austere, stern”)

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: сторожь (storožĭ)
  • Belarusian: сто́раж (stóraž)
  • Russian: сто́рож (stórož)
  • Ukrainian: сто́рож (stórož)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: стражь (stražĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⱃⰰⰶⱐ (stražĭ)

    • → Russian: страж (straž)
    • → Ukrainian: страж (straž)
  • Bulgarian: страж (straž)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stráž
    • Czech: stráž
  • Old Polish: stróż
    • Polish: stróż
  • Slovak: stráž

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сто́рож”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Todorov T., editor (2010), “страж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 485

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*storžь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “storžь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c/?b (PR 134, 137); c (RPT 105) vagt”
3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “stráža”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stȏržь”