Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drabъ
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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 1
Based on similarities with Proto-West Germanic *trappā (“staircase”) (whence German Treppe (“stairs”), Dutch trap (“staircase”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from an extension of *derH- (“to tear, to tug”). The long grade in Slavic is likely due to Winter's law.
Per Vasmer, Russian "soft" vocalism is of expressive origin.
Noun
*drabъ m
Alternative forms
- *drabь f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
| genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
| dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
| accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
| instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
| locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
| vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drabъ/мн. *draby”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрябы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
- Trubačev tentatively identifies/relates it with Etymology 1.
- Derksen connects it instead to Lithuanian dróbė (“linen cloth”), drabùžis (“garment, clothing”), drãbanas (“(dialectal) rags”), Latvian drẽbe (“piece of clothing”). Further akin to Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”), Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to shear, to beat”). Perhaps also related to Proto-Slavic *drebъxa (“cloth, dress”) from *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”), as well as to Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”), Proto-Slavic *drāpàti (“to scratch”).
Principally homophonous with Old Czech dráb (“beadle”), of German origin. From there may also descend colloquial Ukrainian драб (drab, “begger”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
| genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
| dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
| accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
| instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
| locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
| vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “m. o”
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “drobė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “драб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka