Where does “Dress” come from?

Dress (Central Franconian) comes from Proto-Germanic dritą, from Proto-Germanic drītaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- — to have diarrhea.

Dress (Central Franconian): excrement

Definitions

  1. excrement

Ancestry of “Dress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdritąshit, excrement
2Proto-Germanicdrītanąto defecate; to urinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreyd-to have diarrhea

Words derived from “Dress”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drītaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic dritą →