Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dręzga

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drenskāˀ, of onomatopoeic origin. Probably related to Sanskrit ध्रणति (dhráṇati, “to sound”), Old Irish drésacht (“crackling, noise”), German trensen (“to make a prolonged moo”), Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “lamentation for the deceased”), Proto-Germanic *drēnuz (“drone”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus, “sound”), Old Prussian droanse (“corncrake”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰren- (“to buzz”) + *-zgъ.

*dręzga f

1. scuffle, squabble

   Synonyms: *vьrěva, *karanica

• *dręzgъ m (possibly)

• *drьnъ (“clang, tang”)
  • *dьrnъkati (“to clatter”)

• *dręzgavъ (“hoarse, husky (for voice)”)
• *dręzgati (“to rattle, to scold, to argue”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дрязги (drjazgi)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дрязга (drjazga) (either from Russian or a back-formation from *dręzgavъ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрязг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дрезгав¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 424

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drengskāˀ, probably equivalent to the e-grade of *drǫgъ (“pole, branch”) +‎ *-zgъ +‎ *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreng- (“to shove, to drink”)/*dʰrengʰ- (“stake”). Possibly akin to Lithuanian dréngti (“to tear, to rub”)[1] and Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“sth gulped/shoved in one's mouth, drink”), Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“stake”). In some dialects overlapping with Proto-Slavic *drězga (“murky, muddy place”).

Semantically similar to *dьraka (“bush, scrubs”) but the two are likely unrelated.

*drę̀zga or *drę̏zga f

1. small forest, grove
2. swamp, damp place

• *dręgati (“to poke”)

• *dręzgakъ (“grove”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дря́згa (drjázga)
  • Ukrainian: дрáзгa (drázha) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дрѧзга (dręzga)
  • Bulgarian: дре́зга (drézga), дрезга́ (drezgá)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: дрезда́к (drezdák), dial. дръзда́к (drǎzdák) (via dissimilation of *-zg- > *-zd- next to *-k-)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: drzęzg m (dialectal)
  • Slovak: drezka (“snot, branch”)
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: Drežďany (“forest dwellers”)
      • → German: Dresden

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dręzga/dręzgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 113
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дрезга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 423