Re: [tied] Slavic "drag-"

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:42:52 +0000, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

> Lettish 'da:rgs' "valuable" and late 21st century English 'droog'
>"companion" (see Anthony Burgess "Clockwork Orange") but both
>probably (the latter certainly) derivatives from Slavic rather than
>cognates.

Nice literary reference, but unfortunately, "droog" is from Russian drug,
Slavic drugU < *dhroughos, a different word.

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