Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drunjaną
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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 *drunjuz (“sound”) + *-janą.
Per Vasmer, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”); see also Sanskrit ध्रणति (dhráṇati, “to sound”), Old Irish drésacht (“crackling, noise”), German trensen (“to make heavy sounds from the vocal cords”), Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “lamentation for the deceased”), English drone, Old Prussian droanse (“corncrake”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus, “sound”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Verb
*drunjaną[4]
Inflection
Conjugation of *drunjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрязги”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dreunen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “255-256”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 255-256
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*drunjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77