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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dreuzaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *drauzaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break apart”), from *dʰrew- (“to break off”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdreu̯.zɑz/

Noun

*dreuzaz m

  1. liquid
  2. blood; gore

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *dreuzaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dreuzaz *dreuzōz, *dreuzōs
vocative *dreuz *dreuzōz, *dreuzōs
accusative *dreuzą *dreuzanz
genitive *dreuzas, *driuzis *dreuzǫ̂
dative *driuzai *dreuzamaz
instrumental *dreuzō *dreuzamiz

Derived terms
  • *drauzijô

Descendants
  • Old English: drēor m
  • Old Saxon: drōr m (< *drauzaz)
  • Old High German: trōr m (< *drauzaz)
    • Middle High German: trōr m or n
  • Old Norse: dreyri (< *drauzijô m)
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