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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrzъ

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 *dirs-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥s-u-, from *dʰers-. Cognate with Latvian dross, drošs (courageous), Lithuanian drąsùs (couageous), Old Prussian dirsos, dyrsos, Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, bold), Sanskrit धृषु (dhṛṣu, bold, courageous, strong).

Adjective

*dьrzъ[1]

  1. daring, bold

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: де́рзый (dérzyj) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: дрьзъ (drĭzŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰴⱃⱐⰸⱏ (drĭzŭ)
    • Slovene: drz
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьrzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 137:adj. o ‘daring, bold’
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