Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/druhtin

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 *druhtinaz.

Noun

*druhtin m^[1]

leader of a troop, lord

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*druhtin
Genitive	*druhtinas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*druhtin	druhtinō, druhtinōs
Accusative	*druhtin	*druhtinā
Genitive	*druhtinas	*druhtinō
Dative	*druhtinē	*druhtinum
Instrumental	*druhtinu	*druhtinum

Descendants

Old English: dryhten, drihten
- Middle English: drihten, drihte
  - Scots: drichtin, drichtine
  - English: drightin, drighten, dright
Old Frisian: drochten
Old Saxon: druhtin, drohtin
Old Dutch: druhtin
- Middle Dutch: drochtijn
  - Dutch: drochten
Old High German: truhtin, trohtin
- Middle High German: trohtīn, trehtīn, trehten
  - German: Trechtein (obsolete)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269: “PWGmc *druhtin”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269: “PWGmc *druhtin”

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