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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drabъ

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 1

Based on similarities with Proto-West Germanic *trappā (staircase) (whence German Treppe (stairs), Dutch trap (staircase)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from an extension of *derH- (to tear, to tug). The long grade in Slavic is likely due to Winter's law.

Per Vasmer, Russian "soft" vocalism is of expressive origin.

Noun

*drabъ m

  1. staircase (of а ladder)
  2. (by generalization) part of framework
Alternative forms
  • *drabь f
Declension
Derived terms
  • *drabina (ladder)
  • *drabьcь (vane, oak of plow)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дра́бы pl (dráby, ribs)
    • Russian: дря́бы pl (drjáby, carriage)
  • West Slavic:
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drabъ/мн. *draby”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрябы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Principally homophonous with Old Czech dráb (beadle), of German origin. From there may also descend colloquial Ukrainian драб (drab, begger).

Noun

*drabъ m[1]

  1. clothing, rag
Declension
Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Moravian Czech: zdraby pl
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: draby pl

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 115:m. o
Further reading
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “drobė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “драб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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