Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stru-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Root

    *stru-[1]

    1. gray-haired, old

    Reconstruction notes

    Matasović suggests that the original meaning of the word was "respect."[2]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stru- (10 c, 0 e)
    • *stru-yós
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *strujas (“uncle, old man”)[3][4] (see there for further descendants)
    • *stru-tis
      • Proto-Celtic: *strutis (“old, senior”)[2] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “stru-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1037
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*struti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “strujus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432: “*strujos”
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*strъjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470: “*strujos”
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