Where does “drop” come from?

drop (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dropo, from Proto-West Germanic dropō, from Proto-Germanic drupô, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Ancestry of “drop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdropodrop
2Proto-West Germanicdropōdrop
3Proto-Germanicdrupôa drop
4Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “drop

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ-