Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stroka

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

Probably from a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stern, rigid”), originally meaning “pricking (on a skewer)” (per Vasmer). Akin to Latvian stracis (“moment”).

Noun

*strokà f

1. row, array, string

   Synonyms: *rędъ, *nizъ

2. (by extension) linear arrangment, pattern

Declension

Declension of *strokà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strokà	*strȍcě	*strȍky
genitive	*stroký	*strokù	*stròkъ
dative	*strocě̀	*strokàma	*strokàmъ
accusative	*strȍkǫ	*strȍcě	*strȍky
instrumental	*strokojǫ́	*strokàma	*strokàmi
locative	*strȍcě	*strokù	*strokàsъ, *strokàxъ*
vocative	*stroko	*strȍcě	*strȍky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Derived terms

• *stročiti (“to stitch”)
• *strokatъ (“alternating, occuring in pattern; motley (for coloration)”)
• *strokovъ, *stročьnъ

Related terms

• *stьrčiti (“to protrude, to be erect”)
• *strěkati (“to throb, to pound”), *strikati (“to slaughter”)
• *stьrkъ (“stork”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: строка (stroka)
    • Russian: строка́ (stroká), стро́чка (stróčka)
    • Ukrainian: строка́ (stroká), стрі́чка (stríčka)
• West Slavic:
  • Middle Polish: stroka (“mark, pattern”)
    • → Belarusian: страка́ (straká, “belt”)
    • → Ukrainian: строка́ (stroká, “band, ribbon”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “строка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “строка¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 448