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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrtěti

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

Fientive derivative of *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”) +‎ *-ěti, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *trudaną (“to tread”), Ancient Greek δέρνομαι (dérnomai).

Verb

*dьrtěti impf

  1. to degrade (for materials), to age (for living beings)

Inflection

  • *dьrtъ (“old, ragged”)
  • *dьrtina (“old age”)
  • *dьrtostь (“raginess, shabby state”)
  • *dьrtakъ (“geezer”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дърте́я (dǎrtéja)
    • Macedonian: дртее (drtee)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrtьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 227
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 465
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