Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drǫgъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drangás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrengʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian drañgas (“pole used as a lever”), Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Perhaps distantly related to *dьržati (“to hold”).

Noun

*drǫ̃gъ m

1. bar, pole

Inflection

Declension of *drǫ̃gъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drǫ̃gъ	*drǭgà	*drǭdzì
genitive	*drǭgà	*drǭgù	*drǫ̃gъ
dative	*drǭgù	*drǭgòma	*drǭgòmъ
accusative	*drǫ̃gъ	*drǭgà	*drǭgỳ
instrumental	*drǭgъ̀mь, *drǭgòmь*	*drǭgòma	*drǫ̃gy
locative	*drǭdzě̀	*drǭgù	*drǫ̃dzěxъ
vocative	*drǫže	*drǭgà	*drǭdzì

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дрѫгꙑ (drǫgy)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱃⱘⰳⱏⰹ (drǫgy)

  • Bulgarian: дрънк (drǎnk) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: драг (drag)
  • Serbo-Croatian: drȗg / дру̑г, drȕga / дру̏га
    • → Albanian: drugë
    • → Aromanian: drugã
    • → Greek: δρούγα (droúga)
    • → Romanian: drugă
  • Slovene: drọ̑g (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: *drúh
    • Czech: drouh (obsolete, dialectal)
  • Kashubian: drąg
  • Polish: drąg
  • Slovak: drúh (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: drõg

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: dorong