*drastaz

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᛊᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑs.tɑz/

noun · neuter · z-stem

Meanings

dregs, lees

Etymology

From earlier *drahstaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰs-tó-s, 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 *dragjō (‘dregs, sediment’) and *drōhs (‘dregs, sediment’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.drastazdrastizō
Acc.drastazdrastizō
Gen.drastizizdrastizǫ̂
Dat.drastizidrastizumaz
Inst.drastizēdrastizumiz
Voc.drastazdrastizō

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Descendants

  • *drast (Proto-West Germanic)
    • trestir (Old High German)
      • trestig (Old High German)
  • *drast (Proto-West Germanic)
    • trestir (Old High German)
      • trester (Middle High German)
        • Trester (German)

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