Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěkъ

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

Etymology

Probably from an earlier substantivized adjective cognate with Lithuanian draĩkas (“slender, erect”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draikas. According to Skok, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *drьkolь (“stick”). Further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

*drěkъ m

1. trunk, stem, beam

Inflection

Declension of *drěkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drěkъ	*drěka	*drěci
genitive	*drěka	*drěku	*drěkъ
dative	*drěku	*drěkoma	*drěkomъ
accusative	*drěkъ	*drěka	*drěky
instrumental	*drěkъmь, *drěkomь*	*drěkoma	*drěky
locative	*drěcě	*drěku	*drěcěxъ
vocative	*drěče	*drěka	*drěci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *drěčьnъ (“robust, strong, supportive”)

Related terms

• *drika (“shaft, rail”)
• *drьkolь (“stick, club”) (possibly)
• *dьrkati, *dьrcati (“to pull, to pluck”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: дрік m (drik, “broom, gorse (Ulex)”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дре̑к, дријек (“cart frame, rail”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: drȇk, drik (Kaikavian dialect)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dřík, dial. dřék

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: derék (“waist”) (probably)
  • → Romanian: dric

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drěkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 108
• Skok, Petar (1971) “drȇk¹”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 432
• “draikas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012