Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drupil

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *dropō +‎ *-il.

Noun

*drupil m

1. small drop (of liquid)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*drupil
Genitive	*drupilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*drupil	*drupilō, *drupilōs
Accusative	*drupil	*drupilā
Genitive	*drupilas	*drupilō
Dative	*drupilē	*drupilum
Instrumental	*drupilu	*drupilum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *drupel, *drepel
  • West Frisian: drippel
• Old Saxon: drupil, *dropil
  • Middle Low German: drōpel, drȫpel
• Old Dutch: *dropil, *drupil
  • Middle Dutch: dropel, druppel
    • Dutch: druppel
• Old High German: *tropfil
  • Middle High German: tröpfel
    • German: Tröpfel