Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/draugás

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 *dʰrowgʰ-ós, from *dʰrewgʰ- (loyal).[1][2]

    Noun

    *draugás m[1][2]

    1. friend

    Inflection

    Declension of *draugás (o-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *draugás *dráugōˀ *draugái(ˀ)
    accusative *dráugan *dráugōˀ *dráugō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *dráugā *draugā́u(ˀ) *draugṓn
    locative *dráugai *draugā́u(ˀ) *draugáišu
    dative *dráugōi *draugámā(ˀ) *draugámas
    instrumental *dráugōˀ *draugámāˀ *draugṓis
    vocative *dráuge *dráugōˀ *draugái(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: draugs
      • Latvian: draùgs
      • Lithuanian: draũgas
      • Samogitian: draugs
    • Proto-Slavic: *drȗgъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drȗgъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121:*drougos
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “draugas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137:*drougós