Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/draugijōþu

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 *draugijan (“to dry”) +‎ *-ōþu.

Noun

*draugijōþu m

1. dryness, drought

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*draugijōþu
Genitive	*draugijōþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*draugijōþu	*draugijōþiwi, *draugijōþō
Accusative	*draugijōþu	*draugijōþū
Genitive	*draugijōþō	*draugijōþiwō
Dative	*draugijōþiwi, *draugijōþō	*draugijōþum
Instrumental	*draugijōþu	*draugijōþum

Descendants

• Old English: drūgaþ, drūgaþe, drūgoð, drūgoða
  • Middle English: droghte, droȝt, droȝte, droȝþe, drought, drougthe, drouȝte, drouȝth, drouȝþe, drouht, drouthe, drouþe, drowghte, drowþe, drught, druȝþe; droute, drowte, drowyth (Late Middle English); drugte, druhhþe (Early Middle English)
    • English: drought (dialectal or obsolete drouth, druft)
    • Scots: drocht, drouth
• Old Saxon: *drōgōt
  • Middle Low German: drȫgede, drügede, drȫchte
    • Low German: Dröögde
• Old Dutch: *drōgot
  • Middle Dutch: drôochte
    • Dutch: droogte