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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъgati

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewg-/*dʰrewgʰ- (to shake off, to drain), related to Lithuanian drugỹs (fever; butterfly), Latvian drudzis (fever). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *druknijaną, *drūgijaną (to dry).

In some dialects, the descendants of *drъgati have merged with those of Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (to scratch).

Verb

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*drъgati impf (perfective *drъgnǫti)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to tremble, to tremor
  2. (transitive) to shake, to jerk

Alternative forms

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  • *drygati (vr̥ddhi) (in Ruthenian: possibly from regular syllabalization of *-rъ- > *-r̥- > *-ry-)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дры́гаць (drýhacʹ)
    • Russian: дро́гать (drógatʹ, to shake), дры́гать (drýgatʹ, to jerk)
    • >? Ukrainian: дрига́ти (dryháty, to mill) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drъgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрыгать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “дригати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “drgȅt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si