Where does “drēpen” come from?

drēpen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon drepan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drēpen (Middle Low German): to drip

Definitions

  1. to drip

Ancestry of “drēpen”, step by step

drēpen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon drepan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxondrepanto strike, beat, hit; to kill
2Proto-West Germanic*drepanto hit, strike
3Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via Old Saxon driopan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxondriopanto drip
2Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrew-to mislead; to deceive, mislead; to crumble,...

Words derived from “drēpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drepaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drepan →