Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drangijaz

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 *dʰrengʰ- (“to hold, fasten”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ (“bar, pole”), Proto-Celtic *dringeti (“to climb”), and perhaps Sanskrit दृंह् (dṛṃh, “to fasten, make firm”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑŋ.ɡi.jɑz/

Noun

*drangijaz m

  1. stake; staff; crutch; support
  2. man; servant

Inflection

Declension of *drangijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *drangijaz *drangijōz, *drangijōs
vocative *drangī *drangijōz, *drangijōs
accusative *drangiją *drangijanz
genitive *drangijas, *drangīs *drangijǫ̂
dative *drangijai *drangijamaz
instrumental *drangijō *drangijamiz
  • *drangaz (“post, pillar”)
  • *drankō (“stick, post”)

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *drangī
  • Old Norse: drengr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dranga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99f: “*drangi-”

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