Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/druhtinaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From *druhtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrux.ti.nɑz/

Noun

*druhtinaz m

1. leader, lord

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *druhtinaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*druhtinaz	*druhtinōz, *druhtinōs
vocative	*druhtin	*druhtinōz, *druhtinōs
accusative	*druhtiną	*druhtinanz
genitive	*druhtinas, *druhtinis	*druhtinǫ̂
dative	*druhtinai	*druhtinamaz
instrumental	*druhtinō	*druhtinamiz

Descendants

• Old English: dryhten, drihten
  • Middle English: drihten, drihte
    • Scots: drichtin, drichtine
    • English: drightin, drighten, dright
• Old Frisian: drochten
• Old Saxon: drohtin
• Old Dutch: druhtin
  • Middle Dutch: drochtijn
    • Dutch: drochten
• Old High German: truhtin, trohtin
  • Middle High German: trohtīn, trehtīn, trehten
    • German: Trechtein (obsolete)
• Old Norse: dróttinn
  • Icelandic: drottinn
  • Faroese: drottin
  • Old Swedish: drotin, drōtin
    • Swedish: drotten, drott (-en perceived as definite article)
  • Norwegian: drotten, drott
  • Danish: drot
• → Finnish: ruhtinas