Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrtěti

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.

Fientive derivative of *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”) +‎ *-ěti, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *trudaną (“to tread”), Ancient Greek δέρνομαι (dérnomai).

*dьrtěti impf

1. to degrade (for materials), to age (for living beings)

• *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”)
• *dьrtina (“old age”)
• *dьrtostь (“raginess, shabby state”)
• *dьrtakъ (“geezer”)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дърте́я (dǎrtéja)
  • Macedonian: дртее (drtee)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrtьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 227
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 465