Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъgati

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewg-/*dʰrewgʰ- (“to shake off, to drain”), related to Lithuanian drugỹs (“fever; butterfly”), Latvian drudzis (“fever”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *druknijaną, *drūgijaną (“to dry”).

In some dialects, the descendants of *drъgati have merged with those of Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (“to scratch”).

*drъgati impf (perfective *drъgnǫti)^[1]

1. (intransitive) to tremble, to tremor
2. (transitive) to shake, to jerk

• *drygati (vr̥ddhi) (in Ruthenian: possibly from regular syllabalization of *-rъ- > *-r̥- > *-ry-)

• *drъžь, *drъžati
• *drъgъtъ (“jerk, convulsion”)
  • *drъgъtati (“to jerk”)
• *drъgъva (“sinkhole, swamp, moor”)
• *drъgъkъ (“trembling”)
• *druzgati (“to stomp, to shake off”)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дры́гаць (drýhacʹ)
  • Russian: дро́гать (drógatʹ, “to shake”), дры́гать (drýgatʹ, “to jerk”)
  • >? Ukrainian: дрига́ти (dryháty, “to mill”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дъ́ргам (dǎ́rgam, “to shake, to jolt”) (partially)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: dŕhtati; dȑkati (“to masturbate”) (partially?)
  • ⇒ Slovene: dŕgati; dȓkati (“to masturbate”) (partially?)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: drhati (“to tremble, shiver”) (rare)
  • Polish: drgać, drygać
  • Silesian: dyrgać
  • Slovak: drgať

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрыгать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “дригати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “drgȅt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si