Where does “drib” come from?

drib (English) comes from English drip, from Middle English drippe, from Old Frisian driāpa, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drib (English): To cut off; chop off; To cut off little by...

Definitions

  1. To cut off; chop off; To cut off little by...

Ancestry of “drib”, step by step

drib traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdripTo fall one drop at a time; To leak slowly; To...
2Middle Englishdrippe—
3Old Frisiandriāpa—
4Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via Middle English drepen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdrepento hit, strike, slay
2Old Englishdrepanto strike, beat, hit; to kill, slay; to overcome
3Proto-West Germanic*drepanto hit, strike
4Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike

Words derived from “drib”

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