*drangijaz

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᚾᚷᛁᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑŋ.ɡi.jɑz/

noun · masculine · ja-stem

Meanings

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

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *dʰrongʰ-yós, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ- (‘to hold, fasten’) plus *-né-infix (see *rankaz < PIE *h₃reǵ- +‎ *-né-for similar construction). (Matasović 2009a) supports a similar derivation for Proto-Celtic *dringeti (‘to climb’) < PIE *dr̥-né-gʰ-e/o- from a similar nasalized version of the root. Possibly related to PIE root dʰer- (‘to support, hold’). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ (‘bar, pole’, Ancient Greek δράσσομαι (drássomai) (drássomai, ‘to grasp, clutch’), and perhaps Sanskrit दृह् (dṛh) (dṛh, ‘to make firm, fix, strengthen; to be firm or strong; to grow’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.drangijazdrangijōz, drangijōs
Acc.drangijądrangijanz
Gen.drangijas, drangīsdrangijǫ̂
Dat.drangijaidrangijamaz
Inst.drangijōdrangijamiz
Voc.drangīdrangijōz, drangijōs

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Descendants

  • *drangī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dreng (Old Frisian)
  • *drangī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dreng, drench (Old English)
      • dreng, dranch, dring, dringch, ðring (Middle English)
        • dreng, drenge (English)
        • dring (Scots)
  • drengr (Old Norse)
    • drongur (Faroese)
    • drengur (Icelandic)
    • dreng (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • dreng, draing (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • drengr (Old Norse)
    • dreng (Danish)
  • drengr (Old Norse)
    • drænger (Old Swedish)
      • dräng (Swedish)

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