Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drozga

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrágʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks. For *-g- > *-zg- compare *dręzgati.

Pan-Slavic range of the word evidenced by derived terms.

Noun

*drozga f[1]

  1. something crushed, shredded (eg. fruit)
  2. dregs
  3. yeast

Declension

Declension of *drozga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drozga *drozdzě *drozgy
genitive *drozgy *drozgu *drozgъ
dative *drozdzě *drozgama *drozgamъ
accusative *drozgǫ *drozdzě *drozgy
instrumental *drozgojǫ, *drozgǫ** *drozgama *drozgami
locative *drozdzě *drozgu *drozgasъ, *drozgaxъ*
vocative *drozgo *drozdzě *drozgy

* -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).

Derived terms

nouns
verbs
  • *drozgati impf

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: drȍzga
      Cyrillic script: дро̏зга
    • Slovene: drọ̑zga (tonal orthography)

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “drozga”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 260
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