Where does “Drogensucht” come from?

Drogensucht (German) comes from German dröge, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.

Drogensucht (German): drug addiction

Definitions

  1. drug addiction

Ancestry of “Drogensucht”, step by step

Drogensucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dröge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrögedry; dull; boring; humdrum
2Frenchdroguedrug
3Middle Frenchdroguedrug
4Old Frenchdrogue—
5Old Frenchdrocgue—
6Middle Dutchdrôgedry
7Old Dutchdrōgidry
8Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
9Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via German Sücht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüchtaddiction
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic draugiz →