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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Apparently from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”); compare the marginally attested Sanskrit द्रुहिल (druhila, “rough”) (< *dʰrugʰ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*druknaz
- dry
Inflection
Declension of *druknaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*druknaz
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*druknō
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*drukną, -atō
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*druknai
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*druknôz
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*druknō
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| accusative
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*druknanǭ
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*druknǭ
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*drukną, -atō
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*druknanz
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*druknōz
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*druknō
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| genitive
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*druknas, -is
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*druknaizōz
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*druknas, -is
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*druknaizǫ̂
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*druknaizǫ̂
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*druknaizǫ̂
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| dative
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*druknammai
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*druknaizōi
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*druknammai
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*druknaimaz
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*druknaimaz
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*druknaimaz
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| instrumental
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*druknanō
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*druknaizō
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*druknanō
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*druknaimiz
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*druknaimiz
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*druknaimiz
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| Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*druknô
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*druknǭ
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*druknô
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*druknaniz
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*druknōniz
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*druknōnō
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| accusative
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*druknanų
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*druknōnų
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*druknô
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*druknanunz
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*druknōnunz
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*druknōnō
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| genitive
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*drukniniz
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*druknōniz
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*drukniniz
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*druknanǫ̂
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*druknōnǫ̂
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*druknanǫ̂
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| dative
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*druknini
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*druknōni
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*druknini
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*druknammaz
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*druknōmaz
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*druknammaz
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| instrumental
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*drukninē
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*druknōnē
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*drukninē
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*druknammiz
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*druknōmiz
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*druknammiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*draugja- ~ *drūgja- ~ *drukknu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
