Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěkъ

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

Probably from an earlier substantivized adjective[1] cognate with Lithuanian drai̇̃kas (“slender, erect”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draikas. According to Skok, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *drьkolь (“stick”). Further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

*drěkъ m

  1. trunk, stem, beam

Inflection

Declension of *drěkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drěkъ *drěka *drěci
genitive *drěka *drěku *drěkъ
dative *drěku *drěkoma *drěkomъ
accusative *drěkъ *drěka *drěky
instrumental *drěkъmь, *drěkomь* *drěkoma *drěky
locative *drěcě *drěku *drěcěxъ
vocative *drěče *drěka *drěci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: дрік m (drik, “broom, gorse (Ulex)”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дре̑к, дријек (“cart frame, rail”) (dialectal)
      Latin script: drȇk, drik (Kaikavian dialect)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Hungarian: derék (“waist”) (probably)
    • → Romanian: dric

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drěkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 108
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “drȇk¹”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 432
  • “draikas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. ^ Jakubowicz, Mariola (2017) Artur Zwolski, transl., The Development of Words Across Centuries‎[1], Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 142: “Western and Southern *drěčьnъ”
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