Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrznǫti

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.

From the same root as *dьrzati + *-nǫti; see *dьrzati for further etymology. Compare also Sanskrit धृष्णोति (dhṛṣṇóti, “to dare”) (cognate per Derksen and Trubachev, not necessarily per Vasmer or Chernykh).

*dьrznǫti pf^[1][2]

1. to dare

• *dьrzъ (“daring, bold”)
• *dьrzъkъ (“bold”)
• *dьrzati (“to dare”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дьрзнꙋти (dĭrznuti), дьръзнꙋти (dĭrŭznuti), дрьзнꙋти (drĭznuti) (11th century)
    • Russian: дерзну́ть (derznútʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дрьзнѫти (drĭznǫti), дръзнѫти (drŭznǫti)
  • Bulgarian: дръ́зна (drǎ́zna)
  • Macedonian: дрзне (drzne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: др̏знути

    Latin script: dȑznuti

  • Slovene: dŕzniti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: drznúti
  • Old Polish: darznąć
  • Slovincian: dzyrznõc
• Non Slavic:
  • Romanian: îndrăzni

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “де́рзкий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 244
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrznǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 227
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дерза́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress