Where does “drān” come from?

drān (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic drānu, from Proto-Germanic drēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n-.

drān (Old English): drone

Definitions

  1. drone

Ancestry of “drān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “drān”

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