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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebězgъ

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

Equivalent to *drеbь (debris) + *-zgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dreb, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to fracture). Cognate with Lithuanian drebė̃znos (remnant, piece) and possibly Latvian drubazas.[1]

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *drobězgъ (crumbs, small fry).

Noun

*drebězgъ m

  1. fragment, shard
  2. (onomatopoeic) tinkling, sound of breaking

Alternative forms

  • *drebězga f

Declension

  • *drebъ (residue of linen, wool)
  • *drebьnъ (tiny, small)
  • *drebiti (to quiver, to crush)
  • *dreboliti (to break apart)
  • *drobъ (chunk; liver, intestine)
  • *droba (sediment)
  • *drobь (fraction, part)
    • *drobiti (to fraction, to crush)
    • *drobina (intestine, entrails)

Derived terms

  • *dreběždžati (to tinkle)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дре́безг (drébezg)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: drjebjeńca

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дре́безг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drebězgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 105

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “drebėznos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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