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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droba

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 *drobъ (chunk; intestine) + *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to fracture). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *drabaz (dregs). Further akin to Lithuanian drebėti (to quiver, to tremble), Latvian drebêt (to quiver).[1]

Noun

*drobà f[2]

  1. crumb, small fry
    Synonym: *kǫsъ
  2. sediment
    Synonyms: *osadъ, *utajьka, *skama
  3. dregs, yeast
    Synonyms: *droždža, *braga

Declension

  • *drebъ (fuzz, lint)
    • *dreba (dregs, entails)
    • *drebězgъ, *dreboskъ (small fry)
  • *drebь (debris)
    • *drebьnъ (tiny, small)
    • *drebьnavъ (petty, fussy)
    • *drebiti (to quiver, to crush)
  • *drobь (fraction)
    • *drobiti (to fraction, to crush)
    • *drobina (intestine, entrails)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дроба́ (drobá), dial. дреба́ (drebá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дроба́ (drobá, farce, stuffing) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дро́ба (crumbs of bread soaked into milk)
      Latin script: dróba (crumbs of bread soaked into milk)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дроба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 117

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “drebėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droba, *drobìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 117
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