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

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Etymology

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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

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*trьvoga f

  1. alarm
  2. alert

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  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