*drenô

Runic: ᛞᚱᛖᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɛ.nɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

male bee or wasp; drone

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰren-ḗn from root *dʰren- (‘bee, hornet, drone’). (Kroonen 2011a 2013) posits this as a hysterokinetic n-stem to account for the variation seen in the reflexes, and claims that those with long vowels were likely not actually long. Possible cognate with Lithuanian trãnas (‘drone’), Serbo-Croatian trut (‘drone’), Czech trubec (‘drone’), but the t- is unexpected. Related to *drēnuz (‘male bee or wasp; drone’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	derô	deraniz
Acc.	deranų	deranunz
Gen.	deriniz	deranǫ̂
Dat.	derini	derammaz
Inst.	derinē	derammiz
Voc.	derô	deraniz

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Descendants

*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *drān, *drano, *darno (Old Dutch)
  - darne, dorne, drone (Middle Dutch)
    - dreen (Limburgish)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *drān, *drano, *darno (Old Dutch)
  - darne, dorne, drone (Middle Dutch)
    - dar (Dutch)
      - dar (West Frisian)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- drān, drǣn (Old English)
  - drane, drone (Middle English)
    - drone (English)
    - dron (Scots)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *drāne (Old Frisian)
  - Droane (Saterland Frisian)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- trān, trāno (Old High German)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- drān, drāno, drāna (Old Saxon)
  - drâne, dorne, drône (Middle Low German)
    - drone (Danish)
    - Drohne (German)
    - Drahn (Low German)
*dranō (Proto-West Germanic)
- drān, drāno, drāna (Old Saxon)
  - drâne, dorne, drône (Middle Low German)
    - drone (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - drone (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - drönare (Swedish)

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