Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/draum

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 *draumaz.

Noun

*draum m

dream
joy, revelry

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*draum(a)
Genitive	*draumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*draum(a)	*draumōs
Accusative	*draum(a)	*draumā
Genitive	*draumas	*draumō
Dative	*draumē	*draumum
Instrumental	*draumu	*draumum

Derived terms

*draumijan

Descendants

Old English: drēam, drīm, drēm, *drīem, drām
- Middle English: drem, dreme, dreem, dreeme, dream, dræm (Early Middle English)
  - English: dream
  - Scots: dreme
Old Frisian: drām
- North Frisian: drom
- Saterland Frisian: Droom
- West Frisian: dream
Old Saxon: drōm
- Middle Low German: drôm
  - Low German: Droom
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Dräum (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense? (is this Ravensbergisch or another Lippisch term? what's the source? — Lippisch (Korl Biegemann, Wilhelm Oesterhaus, kinder-lippe.de) has "Draum", see below.))
      Lippisch: Draum
      Sauerländisch: Dräom, Draum, Dreyem, Droum, Drōem
      Westmünsterländisch: Droom
  - Plautdietsch: Droom
Old Dutch: drōm, droum
- Middle Dutch: drôom
  - Dutch: droom
    - Afrikaans: droom
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: drum
    - Jersey Dutch: drôm
    - Negerhollands: droom
  - Limburgish: droum
Old High German: troum
- Middle High German: troum
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Draam
  - German: Traum
    - → Hunsrik: Draum
  - Luxembourgish: Dram
  - Yiddish: טרוים (troym)