Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drǫgъ

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 *drangas, from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian drañgas (“pole used as a lever”), Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Perhaps distantly related to *dьržati (“to hold”).

Noun

*drǫ̃gъ m[1][2]

bar, pole

Inflection

Declension of *drǫ̃gъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*drǫ̃gъ	*drǭgà	*drǭdzì
Accusative	*drǫ̃gъ	*drǭgà	*drǭgỳ
Genitive	*drǭgà	*drǭgù	*drǫ̃gъ
Locative	*drǭdzě̀	*drǭgù	*drǫ̃dzěxъ
Dative	*drǭgù	*drǭgòma	*drǭgòmъ
Instrumental	drǭgъ̀mь, drǭgòmь^*	*drǭgòma	*drǫ̃gy
Vocative	*drǫže	*drǭgà	*drǭdzì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: дрѫгꙑ (drǫgy)
  Glagolitic: ⰴⱃⱘⰳⱏⰹ (drǫgy)
- Bulgarian: дрънк (drǎnk) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: драг (drag)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дру̑г
  Latin: drȗg
- Slovene: drọ̑g (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: drouh (obsolete, dialectal)
- Polish: drąg
- Slovak: drúh (dialectal)
- Slovincian: drȯ́ų̯g

→ Hungarian: dorong

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drǫ́gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “m. o (b) ‘bar, pole’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “drǫgъ drǫga”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lever, stick (NA 121)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drǫ́gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “m. o (b) ‘bar, pole’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “drǫgъ drǫga”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lever, stick (NA 121)”