Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъxa

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

Alternative reconstructions

*derxa

Etymology

Isolated Balkan Slavic isogloss. According to BER, formed as *drebъ (“residue of linen, wool”) +‎ *-xa, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). A similar formation is observed in Proto-Slavic *rǫbaxa (“shirt”) from Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ (“edge”). Cognate with Lithuanian drabùžis (“clothes, clothing”). Possibly related to West Slavic *drabъ (“clothing”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic *derti (“to tear”), cognate with Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “skin”). The later etymology is challenged by Georgiev, since it should have given **дряха (**drjaha) in East Bulgarian.

No relation to English dress.

Noun

*drebъxa f

clothing, mantle
→ (by extension) dress

Declension

Declension of *drebъxa (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drebъxa	*drebъśě	*drebъxy
genitive	*drebъxy	*drebъxu	*drebъxъ
dative	*drebъśě	*drebъxama	*drebъxamъ
accusative	*drebъxǫ	*drebъśě	*drebъxy
instrumental	drebъxojǫ, drebъxǫ^**	*drebъxama	*drebъxami
locative	*drebъśě	*drebъxu	drebъxasъ, drebъxaxъ^*
vocative	*drebъxo	*drebъśě	*drebъxy

^* -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).

Related terms

*drebь (“debris”)
- *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
- *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
*dreboliti (“to break apart”)
*droba (“sediment”)
*drobь (“fraction”)
- *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)
- *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
*drobъ (“chunk; liver, intestine”)

Derived terms

*drebъšьka (diminutive)
*drebъšiti (“to dress”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дре́ха (dréha)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: дре́шка (dréška)
- Macedonian: дреа (drea) (*-x- silent between vowels)
  - ⇒ Macedonian: дрешка (dreška)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drabužis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “drabužis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135