Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anadrekō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *anad (“duck”) +‎ *rekō (“king, ruler, leader”), from Proto-Germanic *rekô.

Noun

*anadrekō m

male duck, drake

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*anadrekō
Genitive	*anadrekini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*anadrekō	*anadrekan
Accusative	*anadrekan	*anadrekan
Genitive	*anadrekini	*anadrekanō
Dative	*anadrekini	*anadrekum
Instrumental	*anadrekini	*anadrekum

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
  - Alemannic German: Antrech, Trech, Rech
  - East Central German:
    Thuringian: Drache