Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drozdъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *trasdás, from Proto-Indo-European *trósdos. Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian strãzdas, Latvian strazds, Old Prussian tresde. Indo-European cognates include Latin turdus, Old Irish truit, Old Norse þrǫstr, English thrush.
Noun
Declension
- Probably:
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drȍzdъ | *drȍzda | *drȍzdi |
| genitive | *drȍzda | *drozdù | *dròzdъ |
| dative | *drȍzdu | *drozdomà | *drozdòmъ |
| accusative | *drȍzdъ | *drȍzda | *drȍzdy |
| instrumental | *drȍzdъmь, *drȍzdomь* | *drozdomà | *drozdý |
| locative | *drȍzdě | *drozdù | *drozdě̃xъ |
| vocative | *drozde | *drȍzda | *drȍzdi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
- Possibly:
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dròzdъ | *drozdà | *drozdì |
| genitive | *drozdà | *drozdù | *dròzdъ |
| dative | *drozdù | *drozdòma | *drozdòmъ |
| accusative | *dròzdъ | *drozdà | *drozdỳ |
| instrumental | *drozdъ̀mь, *drozdòmь* | *drozdòma | *dròzdy |
| locative | *drozdě̀ | *drozdù | *dròzděxъ |
| vocative | *drozde | *drozdà | *drozdì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drozdъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 126
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрозд”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drozdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120: “m. o (c (/b?)) ‘thrush’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “drozdъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c drossel (PR 137)”