Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dárˀgāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dark, dusky, dim”), akin to Proto-Celtic *dergos (“crimson”), Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), possibly Tocharian A tärkär/Tocharian B tarkär (“cloud”).

Alternative view links the word to Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”) with original meaning abruption, force, attested in dialectal Czech dráha (“force, impact”).

Noun

*dárˀgāˀ f[1]

bad weather

Reconstruction notes

Lithunian gives evidence for both fixed (obsolete, dialectal dárga) and mobile accent (standard dargà).

Inflection

Declension of *dárˀgāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dárˀgāˀ	*dárˀgāiˀ	*dárˀgās
Accusative	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾n	*dárˀgāiˀ	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾s	*dárˀgāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dárˀgōn
Locative	*dárˀgāiˀ	*dárˀgāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*dárˀgāi	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*dárˀgāˀn	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*dárˀgā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*dárˀga	*dárˀgāiˀ	*dárˀgās

Alternative forms

*dargā́ˀ (mobile accent, probably secondary from Leskien's Law?)
- Lithuanian: dargà

Descendants

Lithuanian: dárga
- ⇒ Lithuanian: dárgana
Proto-Slavic: *dòrga
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *nadorga
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *padorga[2]
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *sǫdorga[3]

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “darga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sǫdorga, *sǫdorgъ, *sǫdьrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015), “darga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sǫdorga, *sǫdorgъ, *sǫdьrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “BSl *dorˀgaˀ”