Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/družьba

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dráugībāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-. Morphologically from *drugъ + *-ьba. Cognate with Latvian draudzība (“friendship”) (with g > dz via palatalization), Lithuanian draugybė (“friendship”).

Noun

*družьba f

friendship

Declension

Declension of *družьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*družьba	*družьbě	*družьby
genitive	*družьby	*družьbu	*družьbъ
dative	*družьbě	*družьbama	*družьbamъ
accusative	*družьbǫ	*družьbě	*družьby
instrumental	družьbojǫ, družьbǫ^**	*družьbama	*družьbami
locative	*družьbě	*družьbu	družьbasъ, družьbaxъ^*
vocative	*družьbo	*družьbě	*družьby

^* -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

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дроужьба (družĭba)
  - Belarusian: дружба (družba)
  - Russian: дружба (družba)
  - Ukrainian: дружба (družba)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дроужьба (družĭba)
  - Bulgarian: дружба (družba)
- Macedonian: дружба (družba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дружба
  
  Latin: družba
- Slovene: drȗžba (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: družba
  - Czech: družba
    - Moravian (Mistřice): družba
- Polish: drużba
- Slovak: družba