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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drokъ
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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 *drákas, from pre-Balto-Slavic *drek- (k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear”)[1]). Cognate with Latvian draks (“fight”), Lithuanian drãkas (“scuffle, noise”). Synchronically equivalent to *dьrati + *-okъ.
Has been further compared with Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”).
Alternative forms
- *droka (ā-stem)
Declension
Declension of *drokъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *drokъ | *droka | *droci |
| Accusative | *drokъ | *droka | *droky |
| Genitive | *droka | *droku | *drokъ |
| Locative | *drocě | *droku | *drocěxъ |
| Dative | *droku | *drokoma | *drokomъ |
| Instrumental | *drokъmь, *drokomь* | *drokoma | *droky |
| Vocative | *droče | *droka | *droci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *dročiti (“to irritate”)
Related terms
- *dьračь (“flayer”), *dьraka (“scuffle; thorn”)
Descendants
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 206-11
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drokъ; *droka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120: “m. o; f. ā”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “дрік¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 130
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drokъ/*droka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 124
- “drakas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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