droždža

droždža; droždžьje Grammatical information: f. jā; n. io Proto-Slavic meaning: `yeast, dregs'

Page in Trubačev: V 129-130

Old Church Slavic:

droždьję (Ps. Sin.) `dregs' [Nompf iā]

Russian:

dróžži `yeast, leaven' [n io]

Czech:

droždí `yeast, leaven' [n io]

Slovak:

droždie `yeast, leaven' [n io]

Polish:

drożdże `yeast, leaven' [Nompf jā]

Old Polish:

drożdża `sediment, dregs' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

dròžda `sediment' [f ā]

Slovene:

drožję̑ `yeast, leaven' [f jā];

drožę̑ `yeast, leaven' [f jā];

droždžę̑ `yeast, leaven' [f jā];

drožȋ `yeast, leaven' [f i]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: dro(z)gi(ʔ)aʔ

Lithuanian:

drãgės (Bretk.) `dregs' [Nompf ē]

Latvian:

dradži `sediment (of melted fat)' [Nompm jo]

Old Prussian:

dragios `dregs'

Comments: Cognate with OIc. dregg `dregs, yeast' < *dragjō and, in spite of the differing velar, probably also with Lat. fracēs. Since the word is possibly non-Indo-European, we might just as well reconstruct *dʰragʰ-i-, with *a.

Other cognates:

Lat. fracēs `fragments of olive pulp left after pressing' [f];

OIc. dregg `dregs, yeast' [f]