Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dragjō

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰragʰ-yeh₂, from *dʰrā́ks.[1]

Noun

*dragjō f[1]

(North Germanic) dregs, sediment

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *dragjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dragjō	*dragjôz
vocative	*dragjō	*dragjôz
accusative	*dragjǭ	*dragjōz
genitive	*dragjōz	*dragjǫ̂
dative	*dragjōi	*dragjōmaz
instrumental	*dragjō	*dragjōmiz

Descendants

Old Norse: dregg
- Icelandic: dregg
- Swedish: drägg
- → Middle English: dregges (plural)
  - English: dregs
→? Proto-Finnic: *rahka (“quark, curds”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”

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[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”