Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dreupaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from the iterative *druppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂-, from *dʰrebʰ- (“to drop, drip”).[1] Also compare *drupô (“a drop”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *dreupaną (strong class 2)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *dreupan
- Old Norse: drjúpa
- →? Proto-Finnic: *rüüp'ät'äk (“to sip, drink”) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dreupan-~*drūpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dreupanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76