The same word existed in Old Saxon: drohtin, druhtin, Old English: dryhten, Old High German: truhtîn, trohtîn, trehtîn, trehten (Low German Drost, Early Modern Bavarian German Droste, Drossaard Dutch Trecht "Lord God", New High German (Kriegs-) Trechtein "military officer"). The word comes from Proto-Germanic *druhtīnaz and is derived from *druhti "war band" and the "ruler suffix" -īna- (c.f. Wōd-īna-z).