Where does “drepan” come from?

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

drepan (Old Dutch): to reach; to achieve, accomplish

Definitions

  1. to reach; to achieve, accomplish

Ancestry of “drepan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “drepan”

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