*drahtuz

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᚺᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑx.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

pulling, carrying

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-tu-s ~ *dʰr̥gʰ-téw-s, an o-grade form of root *dʰregʰ-(‘to pull, draw, drag’) with expected change from *-gʰt-> *-ht-via the Proto-Germanic spirant law. Related to *draganą (‘to draw, pull, carry’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.drahtuzdrahtiwiz
Acc.drahtųdrahtunz
Gen.drahtauzdrahtiwǫ̂
Dat.drahtiwidrahtumaz
Inst.drahtūdrahtumiz
Voc.drahtudrahtiwiz

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Descendants

  • *draht, *dræht, *dreaht, *drehti (Old English)
    • draȝt, draght, draught (Middle English)
      • draught, draft (English)
      • draucht (Scots)
  • *draht (Old Dutch)
    • dracht, drecht (Middle Dutch)
      • dracht (Dutch)
  • *draht, *traht (Old High German)
    • traht, draht (Middle High German)
      • Tracht (German)
      • Druecht, Truecht (Luxembourgish)
  • dráttr (Old Norse)
    • dráttur (Faroese)
    • dráttur (Icelandic)
  • dráttr (Old Norse)
    • dræt (Old Danish)
      • dræt, drægt (Danish)
  • dráttr (Old Norse)
    • dræt, drækt, drægt (Old Swedish)
      • drätt, dräkt (Swedish)

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