Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dragjāˀ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*dragjāˀ f^[3]^[4]

dregs, sediment

Inflection

Declension of *dragjāˀ (ā-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dragjāˀ	*dragjāiˀ	*dragjās
Accusative	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾n	*dragjāiˀ	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾s	*dragjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dragjōn
Locative	*dragjāiˀ	*dragjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*dragjāi	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*dragjāˀn	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*dragjā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*dragja	*dragjāiˀ	*dragjās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: dradži
- Lithuanian: drãgės
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: dragios
Proto-Slavic: *droždža, *droždžьje (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.”
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dragės”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.”

[EDPG-2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015) “dragės”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”

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