Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying. · Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.
From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiondorreenm
- Inherited-form mentiondoraang · humming insect
- Inherited-form mention*dorōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*durôgem-pro · bumblebee, humming insect
- Derivation mention*dʰer-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionDoarnestq · hornet
- Cognate mentiondornegml · bumblebee
- Cognate mentiondornedum · bumblebee
- Cognate mentiondarnl · drone
- Cognate mentiondrānang · drone
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