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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drokъ

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 *drákas, from pre-Balto-Slavic *drek- (k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear”)[1]). Cognate with Latvian draks (“fight”), Lithuanian drãkas (“scuffle, noise”). By surface analysis, *dьrati +‎ *-okъ.

Has been further compared with Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”).

Noun

*drokъ m[2]

  1. irritating, vexing situation or creature (insect, plant, restless person)

Alternative forms
  • *droka (ā-stem)

Declension
Declension of *drokъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drokъ *droka *droci
genitive *droka *droku *drokъ
dative *droku *drokoma *drokomъ
accusative *drokъ *droka *droky
instrumental *drokъmь, *drokomь* *drokoma *droky
locative *drocě *droku *drocěxъ
vocative *droče *droka *droci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *dьračь (“flayer”), *dьraka (“scuffle; thorn”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: Дрокъ (Drokŭ), Дрока (Droka) (personal names)
    • Russian: дрок (drok), дро́ка (dróka)
      • → Bulgarian: дра́ка (dráka, “rasper, irritant”)
    • Ukrainian: дрік (drik), dial. дрок (drok)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: drok (dialectal)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “206-11”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 206-11
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drokъ; *droka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 120: “m. o; f. ā”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “дрік¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 130
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drokъ/*droka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 124
  • “drakas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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