Where does “dresen” come from?

dresen (Middle English) comes from Old English dreosan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreusan — to fall.

dresen (Middle English): To collapse; to fall into ruin

Definitions

  1. To collapse; to fall into ruin

Ancestry of “dresen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdreosanto fall; to perish
2Proto-West Germanic*dreusanto fall

Words derived from “dresen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dreusan →Every word from Old English dreosan →