Where does “drītan” come from?

drītan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic drītan, from Proto-Germanic drītaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- — to have diarrhea.

Ancestry of “drītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdrītanto defecate
2Proto-Germanicdrītanąto defecate; to urinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreyd-to have diarrhea

Words derived from “drītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drītan →