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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫgъ

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)prangas, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)prongʰós (“bouncer, hopper”), from *(s)pergʰ-. Cognate with Old High German *spranca in houuespranca (“locust”).

Noun

*prǫgъ m[1]

  1. locust (orthopteran insect)
Inflection
Declension of *prǫgъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *prǫgъ *prǫga *prǫdzi
Accusative *prǫgъ *prǫga *prǫgy
Genitive *prǫga *prǫgu *prǫgъ
Locative *prǫdzě *prǫgu *prǫdzěxъ
Dative *prǫgu *prǫgoma *prǫgomъ
Instrumental *prǫgъmь, *prǫgomь* *prǫgoma *prǫgy
Vocative *prǫže *prǫga *prǫdzi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пругъ (prugŭ)
      • Russian: пруг (prug) (archaic)
      • Ukrainian: пруг (pruh)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: пруc (pruc)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: прѫгъ (prǫgŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱘⰳⱏ (prǫgŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пръг (prǎg) (archaic)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Deverbial instrumental noun from *prǫgati (“to bounce, to strain, to release tension”) +‎ *-ъ. Morphologically identical with Etymology 1, but possibly diachronically distinct.

Noun

*prǫ̑gъ m[2]

  1. elastic object/tool/ornament (object that can absorb tension)
  2. (by extension) link, splice
Inflection
Declension of *prǫ̑gъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *prǫ̑gъ *prǫ̑ga *prǫ̑dzi
Accusative *prǫ̑gъ *prǫ̑ga *prǫ̑gy
Genitive *prǫ̑ga *prǫgù *prǫ̃gъ
Locative *prǫ̑dzě *prǫgù *prǫdzě̃xъ
Dative *prǫ̑gu *prǫgomà *prǫgòmъ
Instrumental *prǫ̑gъmь, *prǫ̑gomь* *prǫgomà *prǫgý
Vocative *prǫže *prǫ̑ga *prǫ̑dzi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
  • *pręgťi (“to contract, to conjugate”)
  • *pręgъ (“linkage, framework”)
  • *prǫga (“frame, band”)
  • *prǫgati (“to bounce, to spring”)
    • *prǫgavъ (“agile”)
    • *prǫgačь (“prancy element”)
  • *prǫglo (“shackle, snare”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: пруг (pruh, “ornament in weaving”)
    • Ukrainian: пруг (pruh, “brim, verge”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пръг (prǎg, “elastic tool/object”) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: pruh (“stripe”)
    • Polish: pręg (“stripe”)
    • Slovak: pruh (“stripe”)
Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prǫgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422: “m. o ‘locust’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “prǫgъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c høtyv (PR 137)”
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