Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drokъ

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 *drákas, from pre-Balto-Slavic *drek- (k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear”)). Cognate with Latvian draks (“fight”), Lithuanian drãkas (“scuffle, noise”). By surface analysis, *dьrati +‎ *-okъ.

Has been further compared with Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”).

Noun

*drokъ m

1. irritating, vexing situation or creature (insect, plant, restless person)

Alternative forms

• *droka (ā-stem)

Declension

Declension of *drokъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drokъ	*droka	*droci
genitive	*droka	*droku	*drokъ
dative	*droku	*drokoma	*drokomъ
accusative	*drokъ	*droka	*droky
instrumental	*drokъmь, *drokomь*	*drokoma	*droky
locative	*drocě	*droku	*drocěxъ
vocative	*droče	*droka	*droci

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

Derived terms

• *dročiti (“to irritate”)

Related terms

• *dьračь (“flayer”), *dьraka (“scuffle; thorn”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Дрокъ (Drokŭ), Дрока (Droka) (personal names)
  • Russian: дрок (drok), дро́ка (dróka)
    • → Bulgarian: дра́ка (dráka, “rasper, irritant”)
  • Ukrainian: дрік (drik), dial. дрок (drok)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: drok (dialectal)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “дрік¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 130
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drokъ/*droka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 124
• “drakas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012