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Where does “dreist” come from?

dreist (German) comes from Middle Low German drîste, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

dreist (German): bold, brash, audacious, impudent

Definitions

  1. bold, brash, audacious, impudent

Ancestry of “dreist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandrîste—
2Old Saxonthrīsti—
3Proto-West Germanic*þrīstī—

Words derived from “dreist”

  • tolldreist
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