Where does “drof” come from?

drof (Middle English) comes from Old English drōf, from Proto-West Germanic drōbī, from Proto-Germanic drōbuz — turbid, disturbed, troubled.

drof (Middle English): Troubled, disturbed; afflicted by sorrow; having...

Definitions

  1. Troubled, disturbed; afflicted by sorrow; having...

Ancestry of “drof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrōfturbid; dreggy; dirty; dreggy; dirty; troubled
2Proto-West Germanicdrōbīturbid, cloudy; troubled, disturbed
3Proto-Germanicdrōbuzturbid, disturbed, troubled

Words derived from “drof”

Every word from Proto-Germanic drōbuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drōbī →Every word from Old English drōf →