Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьgna

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

Formed as a resultant noun of *dьgnǫti (“to prickle”) +‎ *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. Akin to Lithuanian dýgti (“to germinate, sprout”) / di̇́egti (“to prick(le)”), Proto-Germanic *dīkiją (“dike”), and Latin fīgō.

Noun

*dьgna f

1. scar

   Synonyms: *bělěgъ, *blizna

2. ditch

   Synonyms: *kopanь, *dupa, *jama, *xorlupa

3. (regional) mussel

Declension

Declension of *dьgna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьgna	*dьgně	*dьgny
genitive	*dьgny	*dьgnu	*dьgnъ
dative	*dьgně	*dьgnama	*dьgnamъ
accusative	*dьgnǫ	*dьgně	*dьgny
instrumental	*dьgnojǫ, *dьgnǫ**	*dьgnama	*dьgnami
locative	*dьgně	*dьgnu	*dьgnasъ, *dьgnaxъ*
vocative	*dьgno	*dьgně	*dьgny

^* -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).

Descendants

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Old Cyrillic script: дьгна (dĭgna), дегна (degna), дъгна (dŭgna), догна (dogna) (Russian recension)

  Glagolitic script:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дьгна (dĭgna), дегна (degna), дъгна (dŭgna), догна (dogna)
    • Russian: дегна (degna)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дъ́гна (dǎ́gna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: да̏гна, да̏гња

    Latin script: dȁgna, dȁgnja

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dehna
  • Old Polish: dzięgna
    • →? Russian: цинга́ (cingá, “scurvy”)
      • → Armenian: ցինգա (cʻinga)
      • → Kildin Sami: цыӈӈьк (cyŋŋ’k)
      • → Polish: cynga
      • → Skolt Sami: câʹǧǧ

See also

• *děgati
• *diža
• *dьgnǫti
• *dьžica

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дегна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьgna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 383