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	*dreuzai	*dreuzamaz
instrumental	*dreuzō	*dreuzamiz

Derived terms

• *dreuzagaz

Related 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)
  • Icelandic: dreyri