Old English dryhten

← Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (inherited)

← Old High German truhtin (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (root)

← Old Norse dróttinn (cognate)

← Old Frisian drochten (cognate)

← Old Saxon drohtin (cognate)

→ English dright (inherited)

→ English drighten (inherited)

→ Danish drot (cognate)

→ Old Norse dróttinn (cognate)