Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drahtuz

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

From *draganą +‎ *-þuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑx.tuz/

Noun

*drahtuz m

1. pulling, carrying

Inflection

Descendants

In the West Germanic languages the word was remodeled as a ti-stem.

• Old English: *dræht, *dreaht
  • Middle English: draȝt, draght, draught
    • English: draught, draft
    • Scots: draucht
• Old Saxon: *draht, *drehti
  • Middle Low German: dracht
    • Low German: Dracht
    • → Swedish: drakt, dräkt (merged with inherited word)
    • → Danish: dragt
      • → Icelandic: dragt
      • → Faroese: drakt
• Old Dutch: *draht
  • Middle Dutch: dracht, drecht
    • Dutch: dracht
• Old High German: *traht, (Central German) *draht
  • Middle High German: traht; draht
    • German: Tracht
    • Luxembourgish: Druecht, (younger) Truecht
• Old Norse: dráttr
  • Icelandic: dráttur
  • Faroese: dráttur
  • Old Swedish: dræt; drækt, drægt (analogical form, cf. Swedish täkt (“taking”) and taga (“to take”))
    • Swedish: drätt; dräkt (merged with Middle Low German loan)
  • Old Danish: dræt
    • Danish: dræt; drægt (analogical or perhaps influenced by Middle Low German)

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