Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storža

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 Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.

Noun

*storža f

guard, watch

Inflection

Declension of *storža (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*storža	*storži	*storžę̇
genitive	*storžę̇	*storžu	*storžь
dative	*storži	*storžama	*storžamъ
accusative	*storžǫ	*storži	*storžę̇
instrumental	storžejǫ, storžǫ^**	*storžama	*storžami
locative	*storži	*storžu	storžasъ, storžaxъ^*
vocative	*storže	*storži	*storžę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

noun

*storžь

verbs

*sterťi
*storžiti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сторожа (storoža)
  - Old Ruthenian: сторо́жа (storóža), старо́жа (staróža)
    - Ukrainian: сторо́жа (storóža)
  - Russian: сторо́жа (storóža) (obsolete)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: стража (straža)
  - → Russian: стра́жа (stráža)
- Bulgarian: стража (straža)
- Macedonian: стража (straža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: стра̑жа
  
  Latin script: strȃža
- Slovene: stráža (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: strážě
  - Czech: stráž
  - → Polish: straż
- Kashubian: starża
- Old Polish: stróża
- Slovak: stráž