Proto-Germanic: *drēna-z, -ēn, *drinēn, *drunēn
Meaning: an insect
Swedish: drönare, dial. drönje
Old Danish: drene
Danish: drone
Old English: { drǟn, drān f. }
English: drone
Old Saxon: drān m., drāna f. `(Arbeits)biene, Drohne'
Middle Dutch: dorne f.? `broedbij, hommel'
Dutch: dar m. `mannetjebij'
Middle Low German: dorne m. `hommel', drāne, drone m. `Drohne, Taugenichts'
Old High German: trēno m. (9.Jh.) `Brutbiene, Drohne, Hummel'
Middle High German: trɛn, trien wk. m. 'brutbiene, drohne; hummel'
German: [ Drohne f. < LG ]
