Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drika

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Feminine of the sparsely attested *drikъ +‎ *-a, most likely derived from Pre-Slavic *driti (“to tow, to pluck”) +‎ *-kъ, either continuing Proto-Indo-European *drey- (“to tear off, to pluck”) or Proto-Indo-European *dʰrey- (“to tow, to drive”) (or both).

Noun

*drika f

shaft, stem
Synonym: *droga
cart (without a driver), hearse

Alternative forms

*drikъ m

Declension

Declension of *drika (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*drika	*dricě	*driky
Accusative	*drikǫ	*dricě	*driky
Genitive	*driky	*driku	*drikъ
Locative	*dricě	*driku	drikasъ, drikaxъ^*
Dative	*dricě	*drikama	*drikamъ
Instrumental	drikojǫ, drikǫ^**	*drikama	*drikami
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).

Related terms

*dьrkati (“to pull, to pluck”)
*dripa (“rupture”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дрика (drika, “hearse”)
- Bulgarian: дрѝка (drìka, “old-fashioned catafalque”) (archaic, obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дрѝка
  
  Latin: drìka
West Slavic:
- Czech: dřík

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