Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěkъ

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

Probably from an earlier substantivized adjective[1] cognate with Lithuanian draĩkas (“slender, erect”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draikas. According to Skok, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *drьkolь (“stick”). Further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

*drěkъ m

trunk, stem, beam

Inflection

Declension of *drěkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*drěkъ	*drěka	*drěci
Accusative	*drěkъ	*drěka	*drěky
Genitive	*drěka	*drěku	*drěkъ
Locative	*drěcě	*drěku	*drěcěxъ
Dative	*drěku	*drěkoma	*drěkomъ
Instrumental	drěkъmь, drěkomь^*	*drěkoma	*drěky
Vocative	*drěče	*drěka	*drěci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*drěčьnъ (“robust, strong, supportive”)

Related terms

*drika (“shaft, rail”)
*drьkolь (“stick, club”) (possibly)
*dьrkati, *dьrcati (“to pull, to pluck”) (possibly)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: дрік m (drik, “broom, gorse (Ulex)”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дре̑к, дријек (“cart frame, rail”) (dialectal)
  
  Latin: drȇk, drik (Kaikavian dialect)
West Slavic:
- Czech: dřík, dial. dřék
- Slovincian: driek

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: derék (“waist”) (probably)
- → Romanian: dric

References

Jakubowicz, Mariola (2017), Artur Zwolski, transl., The Development of Words Across Centuries‎, Polish Academy of Sciences, page 142: “Western and Southern *drěčьnъ”

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[1] Jakubowicz, Mariola (2017), Artur Zwolski, transl., The Development of Words Across Centuries‎, Polish Academy of Sciences, page 142: “Western and Southern *drěčьnъ”