Proto-Slavic *dьržati

→ Bulgarian държа (inherited)

→ Czech držet (inherited)

→ Old Church Slavonic дръжати (inherited)

→ Lower Sorbian źaržaś (inherited)

→ Macedonian држи (inherited)

→ Polish dzierżyć (inherited)

→ Romanian drișcă (derived)

→ Russian держать (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian držati (inherited)

→ Serbo-Croatian држати (inherited)

→ Slovene držati (inherited)

→ Albanian drizë (cognate)

→ Old Polish dzierżeć (inherited)