Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drabъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology 1
editBased on similarities with Proto-West Germanic *trappā (“staircase”) (whence German Treppe (“stairs”), Dutch trap (“staircase”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from an extension of *derH- (“to tear, to tug”). The long grade in Slavic is likely due to Winter's law.
Per Vasmer, Russian "soft" vocalism is of expressive origin.
Noun
edit*drabъ m
Alternative forms
edit- *drabь f
Declension
editDeclension of *drabъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drabъ/мн. *draby”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрябы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
edit- Trubačev tentatively identifies/relates it with Etymology 1.
- Derksen connects it instead to Lithuanian dróbė (“linen cloth”), drabùžis (“garment, clothing”), drãbanas (“(dialectal) rags”), Latvian drẽbe (“piece of clothing”). Further akin to Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”), Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to shear, to beat”). Perhaps also related to Proto-Slavic *drebъxa (“cloth, dress”) from *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”), as well as to Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”), Proto-Slavic *drāpàti (“to scratch”).
Principally homophonous with Old Czech dráb (“beadle”), of German origin. From there may also descend colloquial Ukrainian драб (drab, “begger”).
Noun
edit*drabъ m[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *drabъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 115: “m. o”
Further reading
edit- Derksen, Rick (2015) “drobė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “драб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka