*dragjō

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᚷᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑɣ.jɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

dregs, sediment

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰ-yéh, from *dʰrā́ks (‘dregs, sediment’), possibly from a substrate language. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic dragjāˀ (‘dregs, sediment’), Albanian dra (‘sediment, dregs; smudged butter; sweepings, dirt’), and Latin fracēs (‘oil cake: grounds, solid waste from olive pressing; the lees, dregs of oil’). Related to *drastaz (‘dregs, lees’) and *drōhs (‘dregs, sediment’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dragjōdragjôz
Acc.dragjǭdragjōz
Gen.dragjōzdragjǫ̂
Dat.dragjōidragjōmaz
Inst.dragjōdragjōmiz
Voc.dragjōdragjôz

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Descendants

  • dregg (Old Norse)
    • dregg (Icelandic)
    • drägg (Swedish)
  • dregg (Old Norse)
    • dregges (Middle English)
      • dregs (English)
  • *rahka (Proto-Finnic)

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