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Where does “drōsne” come from?

drōsne (Old English) comes from Old English -sn, from Proto-Germanic -snō, from Proto-Indo-European -sneh₂ — Used to form nouns denoting an object.

drōsne (Old English): a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax

Definitions

  1. a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax

Ancestry of “drōsne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-snForms feminine ō-stem nouns denoting a tool or...
2Proto-Germanic-snōForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
3Proto-Indo-European-sneh₂Used to form nouns denoting an object

Words derived from “drōsne”

  • dross
  • drossy
  • drossless
  • drossiness
  • undrossy
  • dros
  • drosse
  • drōs
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