Where does “drožka” come from?
drožka (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian droga, 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 — to support; to hold.
Ancestry of “drožka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | droga | street; road; drug |
| 2 | German | dröge | dry; dull; boring; humdrum |
| 3 | French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 5 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 6 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 8 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |