Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drēnuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*drenô
*durô

Descendants

Old English: drān, drǣn
- Middle English: drane, drone
  - Scots: dron
  - English: drone
    - Spanish: dron
    - Polish: dron
    - Asturian: dron
Old Frisian: *drāne
- Saterland Frisian: Droane (alteratively from Middle Low German)
Old Saxon: drān
- Middle Low German: drāne, dorne, drōne
  - Low German: Drahn
    - German: Drohne
Old Dutch: *drān, *drano, *darno
- Middle Dutch: darne, dorne, drone
  - Dutch: dar
Old High German: *trān, *trāno, trēno
- Middle High German: trene, tren
  - German: Trene, Träne (replaced by the Low German form above)
Old Norse: *drán, *dreni, drjóni
- Icelandic: drjóni
- Swedish: drönare, drönje
- Old Danish: drene
  - Danish: drone

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