Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/drangás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrengʰ- (“to hold, fasten; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“crutch”).[1][2] Perhaps distantly related to Proto-Slavic *dьržati (“to hold”).

Noun

*drangás m[1][2]

  1. pole, bar

Descendants

  • Lithuanian: drañgas (“pole used as a lever”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *drǫ̃gъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drǫ́gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121: “m. o (b) ‘bar, pole’”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “drangas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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