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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorga

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

O-grade of Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, to drag”). Technically formed as *dorъ (“tearing”) +‎ *-ga.

Noun

*dòrga f [1][2]

  1. path, road
  2. way

Inflection
Declension of *dòrga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dòrga *dòrdzě *dòrgy
Accusative *dòrgǫ *dòrdzě *dòrgy
Genitive *dòrgy *dòrgu *dòrgъ
Locative *dòrdzě *dòrgu *dòrgasъ, *dòrgaxъ*
Dative *dòrdzě *dòrgama *dòrgamъ
Instrumental *dòrgojǫ, *dòrgǭ** *dòrgama *dòrgamī
Vocative *dòrgo *dòrdzě *dòrgy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dòrga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “f. ā (a) ‘road, way’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dorga”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 177; PR 132)”
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