Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dragjō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.[1]

Noun

*dragjō f[1]

  1. (North Germanic) dregs, sediment

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *dragjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dragjō *dragjôz
vocative *dragjō *dragjôz
accusative *dragjǭ *dragjōz
genitive *dragjōz *dragjǫ̂
dative *dragjōi *dragjōmaz
instrumental *dragjō *dragjōmiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: dregg
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *rahka (“quark, curds”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”
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