Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drabъ

Etymology 1
Based on similarities with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), possibly from, from an extension of. The long grade in Slavic is likely due to Winter's law.

Per Vasmer, Russian "soft" vocalism is of expressive origin.

Noun

 * 1) staircase (of а ladder)
 * 2)  part of framework

Descendants

 * East Slavic:
 * West Slavic:
 * West Slavic:
 * West Slavic:

Etymology 2

 * Trubačev tentatively identifies/relates it with Etymology 1.
 * Derksen connects it instead to 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬. Further akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, probably ultimately from . Perhaps also related to 🇨🇬 from , as well as to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Principally homophonous with, of German origin. From there may also descend colloquial 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) clothing, rag

Descendants

 * West Slavic:
 * Moravian
 * Sorbian: