Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъžь

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *drugjas. Baltic cognates include Latvian drudzis, Lithuanian drugỹs. Possible cognates outside of Balto-Slavic could be Proto-Germanic *draugiz, *drūgiz (“dry”).

Noun

*drъžь m [1]

shivering, tremor

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дрожь (drožʹ)
- Ukrainian: дрож (drož)
West Slavic:
- Polish: dreszcz

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drъžь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123: “m. jo? ‘shivering, tremor’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drъžь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123: “m. jo? ‘shivering, tremor’”