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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostrovъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

From *ob- + *strovъ, from Proto-Indo-European *srówos, from *srew- (flow, stream).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian sravà, prasrava, Latvian strava. With another vocalism: Lithuanian srovė̃, strovė̃, Latvian stràvа, strāvе, East Lithuanian sraujà.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit गिरिस्रवा (girisravā), स्रवति (sravati), Ancient Greek ῥόος (rhóos, stream), ῥοή (rhoḗ), ῥέω (rhéō), Proto-Germanic *straumaz (stream, current, river).

Noun

*ȍstrovъ m [1]

  1. streamlined
  2. river island
  3. island
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • *ostrověnъ / *ostrověninъ / *ostrovljaninъ (islander)
  • *ostrovina
  • *ostrovišče
  • *ostrovitěninъ (islander)
  • *ostrovitъ (islandly; islandy)
  • *ostrovъ
  • *ostrovъkъ (small island)
  • *ostrovьcь (small island)
  • *ostrovьje (archipelago)
  • *ostrovьnъ (insular)
  • *ostrovьskъ (insular)
<a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*srew-' title='Category:Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *srew-'>Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *srew-</a>‎ (0 c, 5 e)
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostrov%D1%8A' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostrovъ'>Proto-Slavic/ostrovъ</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/struga' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/struga'>Proto-Slavic/struga</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/struja' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/struja'>Proto-Slavic/struja</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strujiti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strujiti'>Proto-Slavic/strujiti</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strumy' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strumy'>Proto-Slavic/strumy</a>
Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: ostrov
    • Polabian: Våstrüv
    • Old Polish: ostrów
      • Polish: ostrów, Ostrów, Ostrówek
    • Old Slovak: ostrov
    • Slovincian: u̯ostrȯw
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wotrow
      • Lower Sorbian: wótšow
Further reading

Etymology 2

From *ostrovъ (island).

Adjective

*ostrovъ

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Declension
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: Острово́й (Ostrovój)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wótšowy
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ostrovъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379: “m. o (c) ‘island’”
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