Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drōsnu

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 *drōhsnō. Equivalent to *drōs (“dregs, sediment”) +‎ *-snu.

Noun

*drōsnu f

1. dregs, sediment

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*drōsnu
Genitive	*drōsnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*drōsnu	*drōsnō
Accusative	*drōsnā	*drōsnā
Genitive	*drōsnā	*drōsnō
Dative	*drōsnē	*drōsnōm, *drōsnum
Instrumental	*drōsnu	*drōsnōm, *drōsnum

Descendants

• Old English: drōsna, drōsne (< *drōhsnǭ)
  • Middle English: drosen, drowsyn
• Old Dutch: *druosana
  • Middle Dutch: droesene
    • Dutch: droesem
• Old High German: truosana, trōsana
  • Middle High German: truosen
    • Alemannic German: Truese
    • German: (obsolete) Drusen, Trusen