Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/draum

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Noun

*draum m

1. dream

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*draum
Genitive	*draumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*draum	*draumō, *draumōs
Accusative	*draum	*draumā
Genitive	*draumas	*draumō
Dative	*draumē	*draumum
Instrumental	*draumu	*draumum

Derived terms

• *draumijan

Descendants

• Old English: drēam, drīm, drēm, *drīem, drām
  • Middle English: drem, dreme, dreem, dreeme, dream, dræm (Early Middle English)
    • English: dream
    • Scots: dreme
• Old Frisian: drām
  • North Frisian: drom
  • Saterland Frisian: Droom
  • West Frisian: dream
• Old Saxon: drōm
  • Middle Low German: drōm
    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Dräum (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

      Lippisch: Draum

      Sauerländisch: Dräom, Draum, Dreyem, Droum, Drōem

      Westmünsterländisch: Droom

    • Plautdietsch: Droom
• Old Dutch: *drōm
  • Middle Dutch: drôom
    • Dutch: droom
    • Limburgish: droum
• Old High German: troum
  • Middle High German: troum
    • Central Franconian:
      • Hunsrik: Draam
    • German: Traum
      • → Hunsrik: Draum
    • Luxembourgish: Dram
    • Yiddish: טרוים (troym)