Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “drîste” come from?

drîste (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

Ancestry of “drîste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonthrīsti—
2Proto-West Germanic*þrīstī—

Words derived from “drîste”

  • tolldreist
  • dreist
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