Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/druhtin
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz.
Noun[edit]
*druhtin m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *druhtin | |
| Genitive | *druhtinas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *druhtin | *druhtinō, *druhtinōs |
| Accusative | *druhtin | *druhtinā |
| Genitive | *druhtinas | *druhtinō |
| Dative | *druhtinē | *druhtinum |
| Instrumental | *druhtinu | *druhtinum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: dryhten, drihten
- Old Frisian: drochten
- Old Saxon: druhtin, drohtin
- Old Dutch: druhtin
- Old High German: truhtin, trohtin
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269: “PWGmc *druhtin”