Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droždža
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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
From *drogъ + *-zgъ + *-ja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dragjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrágʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.[1][2]
Noun
*droždža f[3]
Inflection
Declension of *droždža (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *droždža | *droždži | *droždžę̇ |
| genitive | *droždžę̇ | *droždžu | *droždžь |
| dative | *droždži | *droždžama | *droždžamъ |
| accusative | *droždžǫ | *droždži | *droždžę̇ |
| instrumental | *droždžejǫ, *droždžǫ** | *droždžama | *droždžami |
| locative | *droždži | *droždžu | *droždžasъ, *droždžaxъ* |
| vocative | *droždže | *droždži | *droždžę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
See also
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрожжи”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дрожжи”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 270
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droždža, *droždži, *droždžьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “дрожжи”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.”
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121