Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drangijaz

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

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑŋ.ɡi.jɑz/

Noun

*drangijaz m

stake; staff; crutch; support
man; servant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *drangijaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*drangijaz	drangijōz, drangijōs
vocative	*drangī	drangijōz, drangijōs
accusative	*drangiją	*drangijanz
genitive	drangijas, drangīs	*drangijǫ̂
dative	*drangijai	*drangijamaz
instrumental	*drangijō	*drangijamiz

Descendants

Old English: dreng
- Middle English: dreng, dring
  - Scots: dreng, dring
  - English: dreng, drenge, drench
- Law → Latin: drengus
Old Frisian: *dreng
- North Frisian: dräng, dring (possibly borrowed from Danish)
Old Norse: drengr
- Icelandic: drengur
- Faroese: drongur
- Norwegian: dreng
- Old Swedish: drænger
  - Swedish: dräng
    - → Northern Sami: reaŋga
    - → Finnish: renki
- Danish: dreng

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dranga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 99-100

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