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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droga

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

Isolated East Slavic isoglass, likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, to run”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *drokos (whence Old Irish droch (“wheel”)), Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “potter's wheel”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to drag”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

Noun

*droga f

  1. rail, shaft (of cart)

Declension
Declension of *droga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *droga *drodzě *drogy
genitive *drogy *drogu *drogъ
dative *drodzě *drogama *drogamъ
accusative *drogǫ *drodzě *drogy
instrumental *drogojǫ, *drogǫ** *drogama *drogami
locative *drodzě *drogu *drogasъ, *drogaxъ*
vocative *drogo *drodzě *drogy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *drǫgъ (“pole, stalk”) (via nasal inflex)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дро́га (dróga), dial. дрога́ (drogá)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: дро́жка (dróžka) (diminutive)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дрога (droga), дръга (drǎga, “pole”) (dialectal, merged with descendants of *drǫgъ)
  • Non-Slavic descendants:
    • Romanian: droagă

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 123
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дръг, дърг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 434
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