Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nadorgy

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

Plural of obsolete *nadorga, related to *na- +‎ *dьrgati (“to pull, to tug”).

Noun edit

*nadorgy f pl

(plural only) pants, trousers

Inflection edit

Declension of *nadorgy (hard a-stem, plural only)

	plural
nominative	*nadorgy
genitive	*nadorgъ
dative	*nadorgamъ
accusative	*nadorgy
instrumental	*nadorgami
locative	nadorgasъ, nadorgaxъ^*
vocative	*nadorgy

^* -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).

Descendants edit

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: надрагꙑ pl (nadragy)
  - → Hungarian: nadrág
    - → Old Polish: nadragi pl
      - → Old Ruthenian: надра́кги pl (nadrági)
  - → Romanian: nădragi pl
  - → Old East Slavic: надраги pl (nadragi) (14ᵗʰ c.)
    - Middle Russian: надра́ги pl (nadrági) (17ᵗʰ c.), надра́гы pl (nadrágy) (1499)
      - Russian: надра́ги pl (nadrági) (dialectal)