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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrgati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *dirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥Hgʰ, from the root *derHgʰ- (given as *derHǵʰ- in Derksen, but this is likely a typo). Cognate with Lithuanian dìrginti (to irritate), dìrgti (to become weak) and Latvian dragât (to pull, to tear), derglît (to tear, to split). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *targijaną (to tarry, to pull).

In some dialects, *dьrgati has overlapped with forms of Proto-Slavic *drъgati (to shake off, to tremble).

Verb

*dьrgati impf (perfective *dьrnǫti)[1]

  1. to comb, to pluck
  2. to pull, to tug, to jerk

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дръгати (drŭgati)
      • Belarusian: до́ргаць (dórhacʹ)
      • Russian: дёргать (djórgatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: де́ргати (dérhaty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: drhat
    • Polish: dziergać, dzierzgać
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: źergaś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “dьrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135: “v.”
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