Where does “eavesdrip” come from?

eavesdrip (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...

eavesdrip (English): eavesdrop

Definitions

  1. eavesdrop

Ancestry of “eavesdrip”, step by step

eavesdrip 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 English Eaves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEavesOS grid ref SD4937
2Middle Englisheves—
3Old Englishefeseaves; the edge of a roof
4Proto-West Germanic*ubisuhall, vestibule, lobby
5Proto-Germanic*ubiswōeaves
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →