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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trьvoga

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

  1. alarm
  2. alert

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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: трыво́га (tryvóha)
    • Russian: трево́га (trevóga)
    • Ukrainian: триво́га (tryvóha)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Nilsson, Torbjörn K. (1999) “An Old Polish Sound Law and the Etymology of Polish Trwoga and Trwać and Russian Trevóga.”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 112, number 1, →DOI, pages 143–159
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тревога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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