*draumaz

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᚢᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑu̯.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

dream

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrówgʰ-mó-s, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (‘to deceive’). Cognates are Sanskrit द्रुह्यति (drúhyati) (drúhyati, ‘to hurt, injure, harm, seek to harm, be hostile to’) and Old Irish droch (‘bad, evil’). Related to *dreuganą (‘to mislead, deceive’) and *draugaz (‘phantom, ghost, revenant; demon, troll, ghoul’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	draumaz	draumōz, draumōs
Acc.	draumą	draumanz
Gen.	draumas, draumis	draumǫ̂
Dat.	draumai	draumamaz
Inst.	draumō	draumamiz
Voc.	draum	draumōz, draumōs

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Descendants

*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drōm, droum (Old Dutch)
  - drôom (Middle Dutch)
    - droum (Limburgish)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drōm, droum (Old Dutch)
  - drôom (Middle Dutch)
    - droom (Dutch)
      - droom (Afrikaans)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drēam, drīm, drēm, *drīem, drām (Old English)
  - drem, dreme, dreem, dreeme, dream, dræm (Middle English)
    - dream (English)
    - dreme (Scots)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drām (Old Frisian)
  - drom (North Frisian)
  - Droom (Saterland Frisian)
  - dream (West Frisian)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- troum (Old High German)
  - troum (Middle High German)
    - Dram (Luxembourgish)
    - טרוים (troym) (Yiddish)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drōm (Old Saxon)
  - drôm (Middle Low German)
    - Droom (Plautdietsch)
*draum (Proto-West Germanic)
- drōm (Old Saxon)
  - drôm (Middle Low German)
    - Droom (Low German)
draumr (Old Norse)
- dreymur (Faroese)
- dråim (Gutnish)
- draumur (Icelandic)
- draum (Norwegian Nynorsk)
draumr (Old Norse)
- drøm (Old Danish)
  - drøm (Danish)
    - drøm (Norwegian Bokmål)
draumr (Old Norse)
- drømber (Old Swedish)
  - dröm (Swedish)
    - dröm (Elfdalian)

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