Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drapati

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.

Commonly considered an extension of *dьrati (“to tear, to flay”) +‎ *-pati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Likely akin to Ancient Greek δρώπτω (drṓptō, “to gaze, to look”), Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to reap, to harvest”) and Sanskrit दर्पण (darpaṇa, “mirror”). Possibly also related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).

*drāpàti impf^[1]

1. to scratch, to scrabble
2. to hightail, to flee (under pressure)
3. (by extension) to strive for, to struggle

• *drabъ (“stair, spike”)
• *dьrpati (“to pull, to stretch”)

• *drasati (“to rip apart”)
• *draskati (“to scrape, to draw”)
• *drapežь (“plunder, robbery”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “драпать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драпам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 421