Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drabaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

An s-stem possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrobʰ-, o-grade of *dʰrebʰ- (“thickened sediment”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *droba (“sediment”) and possibly related to Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō, “to thicken, curdle”); see the Greek for more theories on the origin of the root.[1]

Given the lack of certain cognates, M. Philippa suspects non-IE substrate origin. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*drabaz n

  1. dregs

Inflection

Declension of *drabaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *drabaz *drabizō
vocative *drabaz *drabizō
accusative *drabaz *drabizō
genitive *drabiziz *drabizǫ̂
dative *drabizi *drabizumaz
instrumental *drabizē *drabizumiz

Descendants

  • Old English: *dræf
  • Old Dutch: draf
  • Old High German: *trab, trebir (pl.)
    • Middle High German: treber
  • Old Norse: draf
  • → Proto-Finnic: *rapa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drabiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 98-9
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