Where does “dreven” come from?

dreven (Middle English) comes from Old English drēfan, from Proto-West Germanic drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic drōbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

dreven (Middle English): to drive, pursue

Definitions

  1. to drive, pursue

Ancestry of “dreven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrēfanto stir up, agitate, move
2Proto-West Germanicdrōbijanto make turbid, cloudy; to trouble, to disturb
3Proto-GermanicdrōbijanąTo trouble, disturb
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “dreven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drōbijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drōbijan →