Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dreugazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dreugaz
Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.
дроугъfriend, otherdraũgasmale friend
adja-stemenduring, lastingFrom *dreuganą (‘to serve, be loyal’) + *-az (deverbal adjective suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰréwgʰ-o-s, from root *dʰrewgʰ- (‘to accompany, follow, be loyal; loyal’). Cognate with Lithuanian draũgas (‘male friend’) and Old Church Slavonic дроугъ (drugŭ, ‘friend, other’). Related to *dreuganą (‘to serve, be a retainer’), *druhtiz (‘band of retainers, troop’), and *druhtinaz (‘leader, lord, sovereign’).