Where does “dreggjar” come from?

dreggjar (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dregg, from Proto-Germanic dragjō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrā́ks — dregs, sediment.

dreggjar (Icelandic): dregs

Definitions

  1. dregs

Ancestry of “dreggjar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedreggsediment
2Proto-Germanicdragjōdregs, sediment
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrā́ksdregs, sediment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrā́ks →Every word from Proto-Germanic dragjō →Every word from Old Norse dregg →