Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/draugaz

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

Derived from *dreuganą (“to mislead, deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑu̯.ɣɑz/

Noun

*draugaz m

1. (North Germanic) a reanimated corpse that inhabits burial mounds, similar to a revenant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *draugaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*draugaz	*draugōz, *draugōs
vocative	*draug	*draugōz, *draugōs
accusative	*draugą	*drauganz
genitive	*draugas, *draugis	*draugǫ̂
dative	*draugai	*draugamaz
instrumental	*draugō	*draugamiz

Related terms

• *drugą

Descendants

• Old Norse: draugr
  • Icelandic: draugur
  • Faroese: dreygur
  • Norn: drog
  • Norwegian Bokmål: draug
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: draug
• →? Proto-Finnic: *raukka (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic: *rāvkë (see there for further descendants)

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN