Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrčati

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 edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic verb, formed as *dьrkati (to growl, to tug, to pluck) +‎ *-ěti. Equivalent to *dьrati (to tear) +‎ *-čati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (to tear, to split).

The different accente (short raising tone on the root in some dialects and long raising on the ending in others) as well as the difference in meaning may indicate that there are two distinct lemmas behind *dьrčati.

Verb edit

*dьrčàti impf[1]

  1. to buzz, to hum
  2. to slip

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrčati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 220

References edit

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “drčáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*dьrčati