Where does “dorre” come from?
dorre (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thurri, from Proto-West Germanic þurʀī, from Proto-Germanic þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
Ancestry of “dorre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | thurri | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þurʀī | dry, dried up |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þursuz | dry, lacking water |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “dorre”