Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drězga

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

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drēˀgskāˀ. Equivalent to *drěgavъ (murky, turbid) +‎ *-zgъ +‎ *-a.

Seems to be related with the nasalized *dręzga (scuffle; dense forest). Similar alternation between plain and nasalized roots is encountered also in Baltic: compare Lithuanian drėgnas (damp, wet, moist) and Latvian drę̂gns (damp, moist), Lithuanian drangus (rainy, bad (for weather)).[1] Based on Derksen, it could be speculated that all these terms continue Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-/*dʰreg- (dark, dim). Akin to Proto-West Germanic *derk (dark), Proto-Celtic *dergos (crimson), Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (cloud).

Noun

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*drězgà f

  1. murky, unclear space
    dense shrubs or grove
  2. sort of hydrophilic plant (watermilfoil or water-parsnip)
  3. sliver, splinter

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дрезга́ (drezgá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drězga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дрезга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 424

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drėgnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 138