Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrča

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

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Etymology 1

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Action noun of *dьrkati (to pluck, to tug) +‎ *-ja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (to tear, to split).

Noun

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*dь̃rča f

  1. stomach growling (due to hunger)
  2. (by extension) hunger, famine
    Synonym: *goldъ
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  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дръ́ча (drǎ́ča), дъ́рца (dǎ́rca) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: др́ц m (colloquial, in Torlak dialects)

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dírkjāˀ.

According to BER, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerk- (to dim, to darken). Likely related to Lithuanian darkùs (dirty, nasty, bad (for weather)), Latvian dārks (spotted, variegarted).[1] Further akin to Proto-West Germanic *derk (dark), Proto-Celtic *dergos (crimson), Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (cloud) from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (to darken), apparently a variation of *dʰerk- (compare Lithuanian der̃kti (to make dirty) and Lithuanian dérgti (to soil, to defile)).

Snoj nonetheless connects *dьrča with *dьrkati, identical to Etymology 1.

Noun

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*dь̀rča f

  1. bad (cold, rainy, foggy) weather
    Synonyms: *dъzďь, *padorga
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Further reading

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 466
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “dŕča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “darkus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116