Where does “driten” come from?

driten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch drītan, from Proto-West Germanic drītan, from Proto-Germanic drītaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- — to have diarrhea.

driten (Middle Dutch): to defecate

Definitions

  1. to defecate

Ancestry of “driten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdrītanto defecate
2Proto-West Germanicdrītanto defecate
3Proto-Germanicdrītanąto defecate; to urinate
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreyd-to have diarrhea

Words derived from “driten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drītan →