Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰregʰ-

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

Etymology

Unknown; some of the forms listed here as descendants have been argued to be either from unrelated roots, or to be related by means of being post-IE loanwords.

Root

*dʰregʰ-

1. to run, to drag, to pull

Alternative reconstructions

• *dʰragʰ-
• *dʰr(e)Hgʰ-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰregʰ- (8 c, 0 e)

• *dʰrégʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τρέχω (trékhō)
      • Doric: τράχω (trákhō)
• *dʰōrgʰ (nominative), *dʰrogʰs (genitive singular)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: դուրգն (durgn, “potter's wheel”)
      • Armenian: դուրգ (durg)
  • Proto-Celtic: *drokos
    • Old Irish: droch (“wheel”)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τροχός (trokhós, “wheel; potter's wheel”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: padróžti
    • Latvian: drāžu
    • >? Proto-Slavic: *droga (“rail, shaft (of cart)”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *draganą (see there for further descendants)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: դարձ (darj, “return”)
      • Armenian: դարձ (darj)