dhreugh-1

    dhreugh-1

    English meaning: to tremble, shake

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “zittern, (sich) schũtteln, einschrumpfen”

    Material: O.E. drȳge “dry” etc, see above S. 254 f. under dhereugh-; Lith. drugỹs “fever; butterfly”, Ltv. drudzis “cold fever; fever”, drudzinât “ neigh after fodder “ (“*to shake”), perhaps O.Pruss. drogis “reed” (if for drugis, s. Trautmann O.Pruss. 323 m. Lith., Mũhlenbach-Endzelin I 502); perhaps Ltv. drugt “ collapse, diminish “, Berneker 231 between; s. also under S. 279; Pol. drżę, drżec “tremble”, old also “have a fever”, drgać, perf. drgnąć “tremble, quiver; flounder, twitch “, Russ. drožú , -átь, perf. drógnutь “tremble, quiver” (etc, s. Berneker 231). Dissyllabic root form *dhereugh- or *dhereug- one supposes in Gk. τοιθορύσσειν σείειν Hes., τοιθορύκτρια ἡ τοὺς σεισμοὺς ποιοῦσα Hes. and τανθαρύζω, τανθαλύζω ds. Hes. Maybe Alb.Gheg (*dhereugh-) dredh “tremble, twist”, dridhem “tremble, quiver, have a fever” [common Alb. -gh- > -dh- phonetic mutation].

    References: WP. I 873 f., Berneker 231.