dherāgh-

    dherāgh-

    English meaning: to pull; to drag

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “ziehen, am Boden schleifen”

    Note: equal meaning with trü̆ gh- (see d.).

    Material: O.N. draga, Goth. under O.E. dragan, Eng. draw “pull, drag”, O.N. drag n. “ base of a pulled object “, Nor. drag “ draught, wash of the waves, watercourse, towing rope “, dial. drog f. (*dragō) “ short sledge, road track of an animal, valley “, O.N. dregill “band, strap”, drōg f. ‘stripe”, O.S. drøgh “ sled “, O.E. dræge f. “ seine “, M.L.G. dragge, nnd. also dregge “ boat anchor “, Eng. dredge ds.; changing through ablaut Nor. dorg f. (*durgō, IE *dhr̥̄ghü) “fishing line, which one pulls up behind the boat “; with the meaning “bear, carry” (from “drag”, s. Berneker 212), O.H.G. tragan “bear, carry”, sih (gi)tragon “ bear oneself, conduct oneself, behave “. Maybe Alb.Gheg (dherügh-) tërhek “pull, drag” [common Alb. -g- > -h- shift] Probably here sl. *dürgü in: Serb.-Church Slavic draga “valley”, Russ. doróga “way, alley, journey”, dial. “fishing rod”; maybe Alb. (*do-róga) rruga “way, alley, journey” [common Alb. de- > zero grade] similar formation to Hitt. nom. pl. da-lu-ga-e-eš (dalugaes) “long” : Alb. (*da-lu-ga-e-eš) glatë “long”; also Alb. (*doróga) dërgonj ‘send in a trip”. The phonetic shift da- > a-, zero is a common Baltic Illyrian phonetic mutatIon. Compare Root del-5 : “long”: Balt with unexplained d-loss (see under): Lith. ìlgas, f. ilgà, Ltv. il̃gs, O.Pruss. ilga and ilgi adv. “long” : Hitt. nom. pl. da-lu-ga-e-eš (dalugaes) “long”, da-lu-gaaš- ti (dalugasti) n. “length”. Serb. drȁga “valley”, Pol. droga “way, alley, road, journey”, Russ. doróžitь “hollow out”, Cz. drážiti “ make a rabbet or a furrow, hollow out “; perhaps also Cz. z-dráhati se “refuse, decline”, Pol. wz-dragać się “ to flinch from doing sth, flinch, shudder “ (as “ protract, draw “) and O.C.S. podragъ “ hemline, edge of a dress “ under likewise (different under dergh- “ catch “). Lat. trahō “to trail, pull along; to drag, pull violently; to draw in, take up; of air, to breathe; to draw out, hence to leng- then; to draw together, contract. Transf. to draw, attract; to take in or on, assume, derive; to prolong, spin out; to ascribe, refer, interpret”, traha “ sledge, drag “, trügum “ seine “, trügula “ds., small drag, a species of javelin “ could go back through Spirante dissimilation (*ðragō to *dragō ) in dhrü̆ gh-, but also IE t- have (: O.Ir. traig “foot” etc, s. trü̆ gh-).

    References: WP. I 862, Trautmann 45.