Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/derHgʰ-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *derHǵʰ-

Reconstruction

Rix and Derksen reconstruct a laryngeal in the coda because of the Balto-Slavic acute. LIV points that the Albanian data may have originated from *swergʰ (“to ache”).

According to some (e.g. Trubachyov), the root is an extension of Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”).

Root

*derHgʰ-

1. to tug, to stretch
2. to pluck

Derived terms

• *derHgʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
  • Albanian: djerg (“to be sick”)
• *derHgʰ-eye-ti (causative)
  • Albanian: dergj (“to get ill”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *targijaną (“to tarry, to tug”) (O-grade) (see there for further descendants)
• *dr̥Hgʰ(-eh₂)-ti (factive)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dirˀgāˀtei
    • Lithuanian: dìrgti (“to get weak”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *dьrgati (“to pluck”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dr̥Hgʰ-ne-ti (ne-present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: dìrginti (“to irritate”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *dьrnǫti (“to rub”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dorHgʰ-eh₂
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *dòrga (“road”)