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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strьmь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Not entirely clear, but the presiding opinion tends towards an archaic i-stem from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“rigid, erect”) or *(s)terh₁- (“to stiffen”)[1] + *-ьmь (compare o-stems *-ьmъ, *-ьmo), related to Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), στέριφος (stériphos, “solid, rigid”), στερέμνιος (sterémnios, “sturdy”), German stramm (“tight”). Sobolevsky, Mladenov have alternatively proposed possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *srey- (“to flow, stream”) akin to Proto-Slavic *struja, *strumy (“stream”).
Machek further suggests possible kinship to Lithuanian trìmti (“to shiver”) (also meaning “to sink, to subside”), trem̃ti (“to exile”) < Proto-Indo-European *trem-.
Adjective
*strьmь
- steep, abrupt
- Synonym: *krǫtъ
Alternative forms
- *strьmъ (o-stem)
- *strьmьnъ (extended with no-stem)
Derived terms
- *strьměti (“to obtrude, to be steep”), *strьmiti (“to strive”)
- *strьmьcь (“striver”)
- *strьmina (“steepness”)
- *strьmьgolvъ, *strьmogolvъ (“headlong”)
Related terms
- *stremę (“stirrup”)
- *stromъ (“steep slope, cliff”)
- *stromъ, *stromъkъ (“steep”)
- *trьmъ (“solid”)
- *trimati (“to keep”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: стръм f (strǎm, “steep”) (poetic, fosilized substantivized form)
Adverb
*strьmь
- exactly, absolutely
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: стрьмь (strĭmĭ)
Further reading
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “стръм”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 512
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стреми́ть”, 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), “стрім”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 445
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “strm”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “iz ide. baze *(s)terh₁-”