Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drānu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

Noun

*drānu m

1. drone, male bee

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*drānu
Genitive	*drānō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*drānu	*drāniwi, *drānō
Accusative	*drānu	*drānū
Genitive	*drānō	*drāniwō
Dative	*drāniwi, *drānō	*drānum
Instrumental	*drānu	*drānum

Related terms

• *dorō

Descendants

• 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