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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъžь
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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
Declension
Declension of *drъžь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *drъžь | *drъži | *drъžьje, *drъže* |
| Accusative | *drъžь | *drъži | *drъži |
| Genitive | *drъži | *drъžьju, *drъžu* | *drъžьjь, *drъži* |
| Locative | *drъži | *drъžьju, *drъžu* | *drъžьxъ |
| Dative | *drъži | *drъžьma | *drъžьmъ |
| Instrumental | *drъžьmь | *drъžьma | *drъžьmi |
| Vocative | *drъži | *drъži | *drъžьje, *drъže* |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *drъgati
- *drъžati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: дрожь (drožʹ)
- Ukrainian: дрож (drož)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: dreszcz
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрожь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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’”