Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drika
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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
Dialectal variant of Proto-Slavic *drěkъ (“stem, trunk”) with semantic shift stem, beam → shaft, rail → cart. Probably akin to Lithuanian driẽktis (“pulling, stretching”).
Noun
*drika f
- alternative form of *drěkъ
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drika | *dricě | *driky |
| genitive | *driky | *driku | *drikъ |
| dative | *dricě | *drikama | *drikamъ |
| accusative | *drikǫ | *dricě | *driky |
| instrumental | *drikojǫ, *drikǫ** | *drikama | *drikami |
| locative | *dricě | *driku | *drikasъ, *drikaxъ* |
| vocative | *driko | *dricě | *driky |
* -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).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: dric (“body of a carriage”) (possibly via Hungarian)
Further reading
- “draikas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012: Lie. driẽktis