Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobězgъ

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

Equivalent to *drobь (fraction) +‎ *-zgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to fracture). Cognate with Latvian drabažas (bark that has fallen)[1].

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *drebězgъ (fragment, shard).

Noun

*drоbězgъ m[2]

  1. crumbs, small fry

Alternative forms

  • *droběskъ
  • *drobězga f

Declension

Declension of *drobězgъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drobězgъ *drobězga *drobězdzi
genitive *drobězga *drobězgu *drobězgъ
dative *drobězgu *drobězgoma *drobězgomъ
accusative *drobězgъ *drobězga *drobězgy
instrumental *drobězgъmь, *drobězgomь* *drobězgoma *drobězgy
locative *drobězdzě *drobězgu *drobězdzěxъ
vocative *droběždže *drobězga *drobězdzi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

  • *drebь (debris)
    • *drebiti (to quiver, to crush)
    • *drebьnъ (tiny, small)
  • *dreboliti (to break apart)
  • *drebъ (residue of linen, wool)
  • *droba (sediment)
  • *drobina (intestine, entrails)
  • *drobiti (to fraction, to crush)
  • *drobъ (chunk; liver, intestine)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дро́бязь (dróbjazʹ)
    • Russian: дробезга́ (drobezgá)
    • Ukrainian: дрі́б'язок (dríbʺjazok), gen. дріб'язку (dribʺjazku)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: droběz
    • Kashubian: drobiôzg
    • Polish: drobiazg
    • Old Slovak: drobizg
      • Pannonian Rusyn: дробизґ (drobizg, poultry)
      • Slovak: drobizg

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drobězgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 118

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drubazas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drobězgъ; *drobězga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118