Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anadrekô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From *anadz (“duck”) +‎ *rekô (“king, ruler, leader”).

Noun

*anadrekô m

male duck, drake

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *anadrekô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*anadrekô	*anadrekaniz
vocative	*anadrekô	*anadrekaniz
accusative	*anadrekanų	*anadrekanunz
genitive	*anadrikiniz	*anadrekanǫ̂
dative	*anadrikini	*anadrekammaz
instrumental	*anadrikinē	*anadrekammiz

Descendants

Old English: *andraca, *enedraca, *endraca, *draca
- Middle English: drake
  - Scots: drak, drake, draik, dreak
  - English: drake
Old Saxon: *anadreko, *anadrako
- Middle Low German: āntreke, āntdrāke, āndrake, ānderik, ēnderik
  - Low German: Drake, Draak
  - → Danish: andrik
  - → Swedish: anddrake
Old Dutch: *enedreko, *anadrako
- Middle Dutch: andrake
  - Dutch: draak
Old High German: anutrehho, anetrehho, antrahho
- Middle High German: antreche, antrache, antrach, ɛntrech, antreich, ɛntreich
  - German: Enterich, Drache (dialectal)
  - Alemannic German: Antrech

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