Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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O-grade of Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, to drag”). Technically formed as *dorъ (“tearing”) + *-ga.
Noun
Declension
Declension of *dòrga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dòrga | *dòrdzě | *dòrgy |
| genitive | *dòrgy | *dòrgu | *dòrgъ |
| dative | *dòrdzě | *dòrgama | *dòrgamъ |
| accusative | *dòrgǫ | *dòrdzě | *dòrgy |
| instrumental | *dòrgojǫ, *dòrgǭ** | *dòrgama | *dòrgamī |
| locative | *dòrdzě | *dòrgu | *dòrgasъ, *dòrgaxъ* |
| vocative | *dòrgo | *dòrdzě | *dòrgy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “доро́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dorga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 05 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 418
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòrga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 113: “f. ā (a) ‘road, way’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dorga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 177; PR 132)”