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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|ang|drān]], drǣn, male bee (about 1000, in Ælfric's Glossary),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*dran-]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with Old Saxon drān, Middle Low German drāne and Old High German treno (German Drohne is from Low German).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) It is probably imitative,^(Etymonline) from a base meaning to boom or resound, seen in Dutch dreunen, German dröhnen and Old Norse drynja, to roar;^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) Greek anthrḗnē, wild bee, has been compared.^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is [[inh|ang|drān]], drǣn, male bee (about 1000, in Ælfric's Glossary),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*dran-]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with [[osx|drān]], [[gml|drāne]] and [[goh|treno]] ([[de|Drohne]] is from Low German).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) It is probably imitative,^(Etymonline) from a base meaning to boom or resound, seen in [[nl|dreunen]], [[de|dröhnen]] and [[non|drynja]], to roar;^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) [[grc|ἀνθρήνη|tr=anthrḗnē]], wild bee, has been compared.^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==