Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/druhtin

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 *druhtinaz.

Noun

*druhtin m[1]

  1. leader of a troop, lord

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *druhtin
Genitive *druhtinas
Singular Plural
Nominative *druhtin *druhtinō, *druhtinōs
Accusative *druhtin *druhtinā
Genitive *druhtinas *druhtinō
Dative *druhtinē *druhtinum
Instrumental *druhtinu *druhtinum

Descendants

  • Old English: dryhten, drihten
  • Old Frisian: drochten
  • Old Saxon: druhtin, drohtin
  • Old Dutch: druhtin, druftin
    • Middle Dutch: drochtijn
  • Old High German: truhtin, trohtin
    • Middle High German: trohtīn, trehtīn, trehten
      • German: Trechtein (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269: “PWGmc *druhtin”
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