Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰregʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Etymology

    Unknown; some of the forms listed here as descendants have been argued to be either from unrelated roots, or to be related by means of being post-IE loanwords.

    Root

    *dʰregʰ-

    1. to run, to drag, to pull

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *dʰragʰ-[1]
    • *dʰr(e)Hgʰ-[2]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰregʰ- (9 c, 0 e)
    • *dʰrégʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
      • Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: τρέχω (trékhō)
          • Doric: τράχω (trákhō)
    • *dʰōrgʰ (nominative), *dʰrogʰs (genitive singular)[3]
      • Armenian:
      • Proto-Celtic: *drokos
        • Old Irish: droch (wheel)
      • Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: τροχός (trokhós, wheel; potter's wheel)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Lithuanian: padróžti
        • Latvian: drāžu
        • >? Proto-Slavic: *droga (rail, shaft (of cart))
      • Proto-Germanic: *draganą (see there for further descendants)
      • Armenian:

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 188
    2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 188-189
    3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 245–246