Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrčati

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.

Onomatopoeic verb, formed as *dьrkati (“to growl, to tug, to pluck”) +‎ *-ěti. Equivalent to *dьrati (“to tear”) +‎ *-čati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, to split”).

The different accente (short raising tone on the root in some dialects and long raising on the ending in others) as well as the difference in meaning may indicate that there are two distinct lemmas behind *dьrčati.

*dьrčàti impf^[1]

1. to buzz, to hum
2. to slip

• *dьrnъkati, *dьrnъčati (“to tang, to rattle, to clatter”)
• *dьrdoriti (“to babble”)
• *dorčiti (“to scuffle, to argue”)
• *dričati, *dricati (“to rink, to skid”) (possibly)

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: дерча́ти (derčáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: др̀чати, др́чати

    Latin script: dr̀čati, dŕčati

  • Slovene: drčáti (“to slip”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: drčeti

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrčati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 220