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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drunjaną

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

Etymology

From *drunjuz (sound) + *-janą.

Per Vasmer, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (to drone); see also Sanskrit ध्रणति (dhráṇati, to sound), Old Irish drésacht (crackling, noise), German trensen (to make a prolonged moo), Dutch drenzen (to moan), Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, lamentation for the deceased), English drone, Old Prussian droanse (corncrake), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus, sound).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈdrun.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drunjaną[4]

  1. to sound, rumble

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *drunnjan, *drunjan (the lack of gemination is unexpected)
    • Old Saxon: *drunian
    • Old Dutch: *drunen
      • Middle Dutch: druenen, drōnen
  • Old Norse: drynja

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), дрязги”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), dreunen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 255-256
  4. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *drunjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
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