Where does “droue” come from?

droue (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch drōvi, from Proto-Germanic drōbuz — turbid, disturbed, troubled.

Ancestry of “droue”, step by step

droue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch drōvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdrōvi
2Proto-Germanicdrōbuzturbid, disturbed, troubled

via Old Dutch druovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdruovi
Every word from Proto-Germanic drōbuzEvery word from Old Dutch drōvi