Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drozga

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrágʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks. For *-g- > *-zg- compare *dręzgati.

Pan-Slavic range of the word evidenced by derived terms.

Noun

*drozga f

1. something crushed, shredded (eg. fruit)
2. dregs
3. yeast

Declension

Declension of *drozga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drozga	*drozdzě	*drozgy
genitive	*drozgy	*drozgu	*drozgъ
dative	*drozdzě	*drozgama	*drozgamъ
accusative	*drozgǫ	*drozdzě	*drozgy
instrumental	*drozgojǫ, *drozgǫ**	*drozgama	*drozgami
locative	*drozdzě	*drozgu	*drozgasъ, *drozgaxъ*
vocative	*drozgo	*drozdzě	*drozgy

^* -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).

Derived terms

nouns

• *droždžьja f
• *droždžьje n

 

verbs

• *drozgati impf

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: drȍzga

    Cyrillic script: дро̏зга

  • Slovene: drọ̑zga (tonal orthography)