Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drānu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

Noun

*drānu m

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

Descendants

Old English: drān, drǣn
- Middle English: drane, drone
  - English: drone
  - Scots: dron
Old Frisian: *drāne
- Saterland Frisian: Droane (alteratively from Middle Low German)
Old Saxon: drān
- Middle Low German: drāne, dorne, drōne
  - Low German: Drahn
    - → German: Drohne
Old Dutch: *drān, *drano, *darno
- Middle Dutch: darne, dorne, drone
  - Dutch: dar
Old High German: *trān, *trāno, trēno
- Middle High German: trene, tren
  - German: Trene, Träne (replaced by the Low German form above)

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