Where does “Drohne” come from?

Drohne (German) comes from Middle Low German drōne, from Old Saxon drāna, from Proto-West Germanic drānu, from Proto-Germanic drēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n-.

Drohne (German): drone; sponger, parasite

Definitions

  1. drone; sponger, parasite

Ancestry of “Drohne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandrōne—
2Old Saxondrāna—
3Proto-West Germanicdrānudrone, male bee
4Proto-Germanicdrēnuzmale bee or wasp; drone
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₁n-—

Words derived from “Drohne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drēnuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drānu →