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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dragjāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.[1][2]

Noun

*dragjāˀ f [3][4]

  1. dregs, sediment

Inflection
Declension of *dragjāˀ (ā-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dragjāˀ *dragjaiˀ *dragjāˀs
Accusative *dragjanˀ *dragjaiˀ *dragjāˀs
Genitive *dragjāˀs *dragjāˀuš? *dragjun
Locative *dragjāiˀ *dragjāˀuš? *dragjāˀsu
Dative *dragjāiˀ *dragjāˀmō *dragjāˀmas
Instrumental *dragjāˀm *dragjāˀmō *dragjāˀmiš
Vocative *dragja *dragjaiˀ *dragjāˀs

Descendants
  • Latvian: dradži
  • Lithuanian: drãgės
  • Old Prussian: dragios
  • Slavic: *droždža, *droždžьje (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.”
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*droždža, *droždžьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015), “dragės”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135: “*dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ”
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