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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dárˀgāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dark, dusky, dim”), akin to Proto-Celtic *dergos (“crimson”), Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), possibly Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (“cloud”).

Alternative view links the word to Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”) with original meaning abruption, force, attested in dialectal Czech dráha (“force, impact”).

Noun

*dárˀgāˀ f[1]

  1. bad weather

Reconstruction notes

Lithunian gives evidence for both fixed (obsolete, dialectal dárga) and mobile accent (standard dargà).

Inflection
Declension of *dárˀgāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dárˀgāˀ *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgās
Accusative *dárˀgā(ˀ)n *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *dárˀgā(ˀ)s *dárˀgāu(ˀ) *dárˀgōn
Locative *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgāu(ˀ) *dárˀgā(ˀ)su
Dative *dárˀgāi *dárˀgā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *dárˀgā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *dárˀgāˀn *dárˀgā(ˀ)māˀ *dárˀgā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *dárˀga *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgās

Alternative forms
  • *dargā́ˀ (mobile accent, probably secondary from Leskien's Law?)
    • Lithuanian: dargà

Descendants

Further reading
  • “darga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “sọ̄drga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *dorga̋”

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “darga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sǫdorga, *sǫdorgъ, *sǫdьrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
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