Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Strybogъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Strybogъ

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 *strybъ from *stry-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *srū-, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”) + *-ogъ. For the structure compare *Sъvarogъ.

Old East Slavic Стрибогъ (Stribogŭ) instead of expected **Стрыбогъ can be explained by mixing i and y attested for southern Old East Slavic texts since 11ᵗʰ cent. which is explained as South Slavic influence, cf. Ukrainian Стрий (Stryj) : Стрый (Stryj), Стрына (Stryna) : Стрина (Stryna).[1]

The theonym is also often reconstructed as *Stribogъ, from *stьri (“to extend, spread”) + *bogъ, for the structure compare *Daďьbogъ. This etymology is possible, but unlikely due to the uniqueness of the etymology of *Daďьbogъ, which has its origin in a wish-formula (see *daďь bože).

Proper noun

*Strybogъ m[2]

1. (Slavic mythology) Stribog (Slavic god of the water or river)

Declension

Declension of *Strybogъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*Strybogъ
Accusative	*Strybogъ
Genitive	*Stryboga
Locative	*Strybodzě
Dative	*Strybogu
Instrumental	*Strybogъmь, *Strybogomь*
Vocative	*Strybože

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related Terms

• *strybati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Стрибогъ (Stribogŭ) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Стрибожь (Stribožĭ)
    • Russian: Стрибожь (Stribožʹ)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: Стрибоже (Strybože) (hydronym), Стрибожская (Strybožskaja) (hydronym), Стрибож (Strybož) (econym)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Polish: Strzyboga (econym)
  • ⇒? Polish:
    • →? Latin: Striboc (learned)
  • ⇒? Old Polabian: [Term?] (hydronym)
    • →? Latin: Striboz (learned)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → German: Stribog (learned)
  • → English: Stribog (learned)
  • → French: Stribog (learned)
  • → Japanese: ストリボーグ (learned)

References

1. Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Труды по этимологии: Слово · История · Культура (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Языки славянской культуры, published 2009, →ISBN, page 554
2. Michał Łuczyński (2020), “2.1.8 Srus. Strybogъ”, in Bogowie dawnych Słowian. Studium onomastyczne, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, →ISBN, page 127-133

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Стрибог”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “Стри́бо́г”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 439