Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dárˀgāˀ
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dark, dusky, dim”), akin to Proto-Celtic *dergos (“crimson”), Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), possibly Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (“cloud”).
Alternative view links the word to Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”) with original meaning abruption, force, attested in dialectal Czech dráha (“force, impact”).
Noun
[edit]*dárˀgāˀ f[1]
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Lithunian gives evidence for both fixed (obsolete, dialectal dárga) and mobile accent (standard dargà).
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of *dárˀgāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *dárˀgāˀ | *dárˀgāiˀ | *dárˀgās | |
| Accusative | *dárˀgā(ˀ)n | *dárˀgāiˀ | *dárˀgā(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *dárˀgā(ˀ)s | *dárˀgāu(ˀ) | *dárˀgōn | |
| Locative | *dárˀgāiˀ | *dárˀgāu(ˀ) | *dárˀgā(ˀ)su | |
| Dative | *dárˀgāi | *dárˀgā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *dárˀgā(ˀ)mas | |
| Instrumental | *dárˀgāˀn | *dárˀgā(ˀ)māˀ | *dárˀgā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
| Vocative | *dárˀga | *dárˀgāiˀ | *dárˀgās | |
Alternative forms
[edit]- *dargā́ˀ (mobile accent, probably secondary from Leskien's Law?)
- Lithuanian: dargà
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “darga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “sọ̄drga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *dorga̋”
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “darga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sǫdorga, *sǫdorgъ, *sǫdьrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”