Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droga

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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

Isolated East Slavic isoglass, likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to draw, to run). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *drokos (whence Old Irish droch (wheel)), Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, potter's wheel). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *draganą (to drag), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, to run).

Noun

*droga f

  1. rail, shaft (of cart)

Declension

Declension of *droga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *droga *drodzě *drogy
genitive *drogy *drogu *drogъ
dative *drodzě *drogama *drogamъ
accusative *drogǫ *drodzě *drogy
instrumental *drogojǫ, *drogǫ** *drogama *drogami
locative *drodzě *drogu *drogasъ, *drogaxъ*
vocative *drogo *drodzě *drogy

* -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).

  • *drǫgъ (pole, stalk) (via nasal inflex)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дро́га (dróga), dial. дрога́ (drogá)
    • Ukrainian: дро́жка (dróžka) (diminutive)
  • South Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic descendants:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 123
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дръг, дърг”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 434