Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰregʰ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰregʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*dʰregʰ-[1]

1. to run, to drag, to pull

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰregʰ-

• *dʰrégʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τρέχω (trékhō)
      • Doric: τράχω (trákhō)
• *dʰōrgʰ (nominative), *dʰrogʰs (genitive singular)[2]
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: դուրգն (durgn, “potter's wheel”)
      • Armenian: դուրգ (durg)
  • Proto-Celtic: *drokos
    • Old Irish: droch (“wheel”)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τροχός (trokhós, “wheel; potter's wheel”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: padróžti
    • Latvian: drāžu
  • Proto-Germanic: *draganą (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 245–246