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Where does “drapi” come from?

drapi (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic drapiz, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drapi (Frankish): that which is fulled, drabcloth

Definitions

  1. that which is fulled, drabcloth

Ancestry of “drapi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrapizstrike, blow, deathblow; a strike, hit, blow
2Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “drapi”

  • drapery
  • drab
  • drape
  • draper
  • draping
  • drabness
  • linendraper
  • drably
  • draperied
  • drabber
  • drabby
  • drapey
  • drabbish
  • redrape
  • drapability
  • undrape
  • bedrape
  • drapelike
  • draperylike
  • drabware
  • draperess
  • drabcloth
  • drapeth
  • drapest
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