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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dreusaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdreu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dreusaną[1][2]

  1. to fall

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *drūsijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dreusan
    • Old English: drēosan
    • Old Saxon: driosan
      • Middle Low German: *drusen
    • Old Dutch: *driosan
      • Middle Dutch: druschen, druyschen
  • Old Norse: *drjósa
    • Norwegian: drjosa
    • Old Danish: drysa
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dreusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*dreusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
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