Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drynъ

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

Perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *druˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“tree”). Cognate with Sanskrit द्रुणा (druṇā, “bow”), Persian (daruna, “arc, rainbow, bow”), Ossetian ӕрдын (ærdyn), ӕрдунӕ (ærdunæ), андурӕ (anduræ, “bow (weapon)”).

Noun

*drynъ m

The original meaning was "wooden".

stick, pole, stake, cudgel

Inflection

Declension of *drynъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drynъ	*dryna	*dryni
genitive	*dryna	*drynu	*drynъ
dative	*drynu	*drynoma	*drynomъ
accusative	*drynъ	*dryna	*dryny
instrumental	drynъmь, drynomь^*	*drynoma	*dryny
locative	*dryně	*drynu	*dryněxъ
vocative	*dryne	*dryna	*dryni

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

Related terms

*dervo (“tree”)
*drъvo (“tree, (plural) wood”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дрын (dryn)
- Ukrainian: дрин (dryn)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drynъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 145