Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Isolated East Slavic isoglass, likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, to run”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *drokos (whence Old Irish droch (“wheel”)), Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “potter's wheel”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to drag”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).
Noun
[edit]*droga f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *droga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *droga | *drodzě | *drogy |
| genitive | *drogy | *drogu | *drogъ |
| dative | *drodzě | *drogama | *drogamъ |
| accusative | *drogǫ | *drodzě | *drogy |
| instrumental | *drogojǫ, *drogǫ** | *drogama | *drogami |
| locative | *drodzě | *drogu | *drogasъ, *drogaxъ* |
| vocative | *drogo | *drodzě | *drogy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
[edit]- *drǫgъ (“pole, stalk”) (via nasal inflex)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Non-Slavic descendants:
- Romanian: droagă
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 123
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дръг, дърг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 434