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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъgati

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-Indo-European *dʰrewg-/*dʰrewgʰ- (to shake off, to drain), related to Lithuanian drugỹs (fever; butterfly), Latvian drudzis (fever). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *druknijaną, *drūgijaną (to dry).

In some dialects, the descendants of *drъgati have merged with those of Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (to scratch).

Verb

*drъgati impf (perfective *drъgnǫti)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to tremble, to tremor
  2. (transitive) to shake, to jerk

Alternative forms

  • *drygati (vr̥ddhi) (in Ruthenian: possibly from regular syllabalization of *-rъ- > *-r̥- > *-ry-)

Conjugation

  • *drъžь, *drъžati
  • *drъgъtъ (jerk, convulsion)
    • *drъgъtati (to jerk)
  • *drъgъva (sinkhole, swamp, moor)
  • *drъgъkъ (trembling)
  • *druzgati (to stomp, to shake off)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дры́гаць (drýhacʹ)
    • Russian: дро́гать (drógatʹ, to shake), дры́гать (drýgatʹ, to jerk)
    • >? Ukrainian: дрига́ти (dryháty, to mill) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дъ́ргам (dǎ́rgam, to shake, to jolt) (partially)
    • Serbo-Croatian: dŕhtati; dȑkati (to masturbate) (partially?)
    • Slovene: dŕgati; dȓkati (to masturbate) (partially?)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: drhati (to tremble, shiver) (rare)
    • Polish: drgać, drygać
    • Silesian: dyrgać
    • Slovak: drgať

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drъgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122

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