Where does “droga” come from?

droga (Lower Sorbian) comes from German dröge, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.

droga (Lower Sorbian): street; road; drug

Definitions

  1. street; road; drug

Ancestry of “droga”, step by step

droga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dröge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrögedry; dull; boring; humdrum
2Frenchdroguedrug
3Middle Frenchdroguedrug
4Old Frenchdrogue—
5Old Frenchdrocgue—
6Middle Dutchdrôgedry
7Old Dutchdrōgidry
8Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
9Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via Proto-Slavic dorga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdorgapath, road; way
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanderHgʰ-to tug, to stretch; to pluck

Words derived from “droga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic draugiz →