Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drībaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Irish drip (“bustle”) and possibly Lithuanian drìbti (“to fall, trickle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *drībaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *drīban
- Old Norse: drífa
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban)
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*drīban-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*drībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76