Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trьvoga
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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
Of unclear origin; perhaps from *trьvati (“to endure, to evade”) + *-oga[1]. The etymon has also been compared to Russian отва́га (otvága, “bravery”)[2], which is of Germanic origin.
Noun
*trьvoga f
Inflection
Declension of *trьvoga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *trьvoga | *trьvodzě | *trьvogy |
| genitive | *trьvogy | *trьvogu | *trьvogъ |
| dative | *trьvodzě | *trьvogama | *trьvogamъ |
| accusative | *trьvogǫ | *trьvodzě | *trьvogy |
| instrumental | *trьvogojǫ, *trьvogǭ** | *trьvogama | *trьvogamī |
| locative | *trьvodzě | *trьvogu | *trьvogasъ, *trьvogaxъ* |
| vocative | *trьvogo | *trьvodzě | *trьvogy |
* -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.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *trьvožiti (“to worry”)
- *trьvožьnъ (“worrisome”)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Polish: trwoga
References
- ^ Nilsson, Torbjörn K. “An Old Polish Sound Law and the Etymology of Polish Trwoga and Trwać and Russian Trevóga.” Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, vol. 112, no. 1, 1999, pp. 143–159
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тревога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress