Where does “draids” come from?
draids (English) comes from English dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dread, from English dread, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic andarādan — on, onto.
draids (English): A hairstyle worn after braided locks of hair have become matted resembling dreadlocks
Definitions
- A hairstyle worn after braided locks of hair have become matted resembling dreadlocks
Ancestry of “draids”, step by step
draids traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dreadlocks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dreadlocks | A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in... |
| 2 | Jamaican Creole | dreadlocks | — |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | dread | — |
| 4 | English | dread | To fear greatly; To anticipate with fear; To be... |
| 5 | Middle English | dreden | To fear or dread |
| 6 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 7 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English braids
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | braids | — |