Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drahtuz

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

Etymology

From *draganą +‎ *-þuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑx.tuz/

Noun

*drahtuz m

pulling, carrying

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *drahtuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*drahtuz	*drahtiwiz
vocative	*drahtu	*drahtiwiz
accusative	*drahtų	*drahtunz
genitive	*drahtauz	*drahtiwǫ̂
dative	*drahtiwi	*drahtumaz
instrumental	*drahtū	*drahtumiz

Descendants

In the West Germanic languages the word was remodeled as a ti-stem.[1]

Old English: *dræht, *dreaht
- Middle English: draught
  - English: draught, draft
Old Saxon: *draht, *drehti
- Middle Low German: dracht
  - → Swedish: drakt, dräkt (merged with inherited word)
  - → Danish: dragt
    - → Icelandic: dragt
    - → Faroese: drakt
Old Dutch: *draht
- Middle Dutch: dracht, drecht
  - Dutch: dracht
Old High German: *traht, *draht
- Middle High German: traht
  - German: Tracht
  - Luxembourgish: Truecht
Old Norse: dráttr
- Icelandic: dráttur
- Faroese: dráttur
- Old Swedish: dræt; drækt, drægt (analogical form, cf. Swedish täkt (“taking”) and taga (“to take”)[2])
  - Swedish: drätt; dräkt (merged with Middle Low German loan)
- Old Danish: dræt
  - Danish: dræt; drægt (analogical or perhaps influenced by Middle Low German)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
dräkt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

[2] räkt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.