Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorga

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 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

O-grade of Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, to drag”). By surface analysis, *dorъ (“tearing”) +‎ *-ga.

Noun

*dòrga f

  1. path, road
  2. way

Declension

Declension of *dòrga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *dòrga *dòrdzě *dòrgy
genitive *dòrgy *dòrgu *dòrgъ
dative *dòrdzě *dòrgama *dòrgamъ
accusative *dòrgǫ *dòrdzě *dòrgy
instrumental *dòrgojǫ, *dòrgǭ** *dòrgama *dòrgamī
locative *dòrdzě *dòrgu *dòrgasъ, *dòrgaxъ*
vocative *dòrgo *dòrdzě *dòrgy

* -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).

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “доро́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dorga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драга”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 418

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòrga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “f. ā (a) ‘road, way’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dorga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 177; PR 132)”
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