Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrnǫti

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

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Formed as *dьrgati +‎ *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-, likely an extension of Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”).

Verb

*dьrnǫti pf (imperfective *dьrgati)

1. to comb
2. to pull off, to tug, to yank

Alternative forms

• *dьrgnǫti (prior to the contraction *-gn- > *-n-)

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьrnǫti, *dьrnǫ, *dьrnetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьrnovenьje	*dьrnǫti	*dьrnǫtъ	*dьrnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьrnovenъ	—
Active	*dьrnǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrnǫxъ	*dьrnǫ	*dьrnǫ	*dьrnǫ	*dьrneši	*dьrnetь
Dual	*dьrnǫxově	*dьrnǫsta	*dьrnǫste	*dьrnevě	*dьrneta	*dьrnete
Plural	*dьrnǫxomъ	*dьrnǫste	*dьrnǫšę	*dьrnemъ	*dьrnete	*dьrnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*dьrni	*dьrni
Dual	—	—	—	*dьrněvě	*dьrněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*dьrněmъ	*dьrněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дёрнуть (djórnutʹ)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дръгна (drǎgna) (partially)
  • Macedonian: дргне (drgne) (partially)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: др̏нути (dialectal)

    Latin script: dȑnuti (dialectal)

  • Slovene: dŕgniti (partially)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: drhnouti
  • ⇒ Polish: zadzierzgnąć
  • Slovak: drhnúť
  • Slovincian: ʒìe̯řnȯų̯c

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дёрнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 05 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 221
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дръгна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 435

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьrnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 136