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

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
*drenō
- Old Saxon: dreno
- Old High German: treno
  - Middle High German: tren, trien

Descendants

Old English: drān, drǣn / dræn — hapax legomenon, Late West Saxon
- Middle English: drane, drone
  - English: drone
  - Scots: dron
Old Frisian: *drāne
- Saterland Frisian: Droane (alternatively from Middle Low German)
Old Saxon: drān; drāno; drāna f
- 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
    - → West Frisian: dar
  - Limburgish: dreen
Old High German: trān, trāno