Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъžь
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drugjas (“trembling”); Baltic cognates include Latvian drudzis (“fever, ague”), Lithuanian drugỹs (“fever, malaria; butterfly, moth”). Further relations outside of Balto-Slavic unclear; the mechanical reconstruction of a further Proto-Indo-European *drugʰ- or *dʰrugʰ- (“to shake off, drain”) yields phonetic matches with terms including Proto-Germanic *draugiz, *drūgiz (“dry”), and Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive; to accompany”), none of which are semantically convincing. Only the Germanic terms meaning "dry" could reasonably be linked, though the semantic shifts required would still be non-trivial.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drъžь | *drъži | *drъžьje, *drъže* |
| genitive | *drъži | *drъžьju, *drъžu* | *drъžьjь, *drъži* |
| dative | *drъži | *drъžьma | *drъžьmъ |
| accusative | *drъžь | *drъži | *drъži |
| instrumental | *drъžьmь | *drъžьma | *drъžьmi |
| locative | *drъži | *drъžьju, *drъžu* | *drъžьxъ |
| vocative | *drъži | *drъži | *drъžьje, *drъže* |
* 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).
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drъžь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123: “m. jo? ‘shivering, tremor’”
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрожь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress