Where does “drōne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “drōne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “drōne”

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