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

1. 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

• 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