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-^[2]
*dʰr(e)Hgʰ-^[3]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰregʰ- (17 c, 0 e)

*dʰrégʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: τρέχω (trékhō)
    - Doric: τράχω (trákhō)
*dʰōrgʰ (nominative), *dʰrogʰs (genitive singular)^[4]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: դուրգն (durgn, “potter's wheel”)
    - Armenian: դուրգ (durg)
- 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:
- Old Armenian: դարձ (darj, “return”)
  - Armenian: դարձ (darj)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 154
^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 188
^ 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
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 245–246

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 154

[Ringe_2006-2] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 188

[Schrijver-3] 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

[4] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 245–246

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