Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droždža

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 *drogъ +‎ *-zgъ +‎ *-ja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dragjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrágʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.[1][2]

Noun

*droždža f[3]

  1. dregs, sediment
  2. yeast

Inflection

Declension of *droždža (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *droždža *droždži *droždžę̇
genitive *droždžę̇ *droždžu *droždžь
dative *droždži *droždžama *droždžamъ
accusative *droždžǫ *droždži *droždžę̇
instrumental *droždžejǫ, *droždžǫ** *droždžama *droždžami
locative *droždži *droždžu *droždžasъ, *droždžaxъ*
vocative *droždže *droždži *droždžę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

See also

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: дрожди pl (droždi), дрождиꙗ pl (droždija), Дрожжа (Drožža), Дрозжа (Drozža)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: дрождиѩ f pl (droždiję)
    • Bulgarian: дро́жди pl (dróždi)
    • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian: дро̀жда, drožđe n
    • Slovene: dróžja, drožje f pl, drožȋ f pl, drožȇ f pl
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрожжи”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “дрожжи”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 270
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droždža, *droždži, *droždžьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “дрожжи”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.”
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
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