Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dárˀgāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

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Etymology

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Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (dark, dusky, dim), akin to Proto-Celtic *dergos (crimson), Proto-West Germanic *derk (dark), possibly Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (cloud).

Alternative view links the word to Proto-Indo-European *derH- (to tear) with original meaning abruption, force, attested in dialectal Czech dráha (force, impact).

Noun

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*dárˀgāˀ f[1]

  1. bad weather

Reconstruction notes

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Lithunian gives evidence for both fixed (obsolete, dialectal dárga) and mobile accent (standard dargà).

Inflection

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Declension of *dárˀgāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dárˀgāˀ *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgās
Accusative *dárˀgā(ˀ)n *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *dárˀgā(ˀ)s *dárˀgāu(ˀ) *dárˀgōn
Locative *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgāu(ˀ) *dárˀgā(ˀ)su
Dative *dárˀgāi *dárˀgā(ˀ)(ˀ) *dárˀgā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *dárˀgāˀn *dárˀgā(ˀ)māˀ *dárˀgā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *dárˀga *dárˀgāiˀ *dárˀgās

Alternative forms

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  • *dargā́ˀ (mobile accent, probably secondary from Leskien's Law?)
    • Lithuanian: dargà

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • darga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “sọ̄drga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:pslovan. *dorga̋

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “darga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115:BSl *dorˀgaˀ
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389:BSl *dorˀgaˀ
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sǫdorga, *sǫdorgъ, *sǫdьrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389:BSl *dorˀgaˀ