Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drēnuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*drēniz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Cognate with Lithuanian tranas (“drone”), Serbo-Croatian trut (“drone”), Czech trubec (“drone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛː.nuz/

Noun

*drēnuz m

male bee or wasp; drone

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *drēnuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*drēnuz	*drēniwiz
vocative	*drēnu	*drēniwiz
accusative	*drēnų	*drēnunz
genitive	*drēnauz	*drēniwǫ̂
dative	*drēniwi	*drēnumaz
instrumental	*drēnū	*drēnumiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *drānu
- Old English: drān, drǣn
  - Middle English: drane, drone
    - English: drone
    - Scots: dron
- Old Frisian: *drāne
  - Saterland Frisian: Droane (alternatively from Middle Low German)
- Old Saxon: drān
  - Middle Low German: drâne, dorne, drône
    - Low German: Drahn
    - → Danish: drone
    - → German: Drohne
    - → Norwegian:
      - Norwegian Bokmål: drone
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: drone
- Old Dutch: *drān, *drano, *darno
  - Middle Dutch: darne, dorne, drone
    - Dutch: dar
    - Limburgish: dreen