Where does “drepan” come from?

drepan (Old English) 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 English): to strike, beat, hit; to kill, slay; to overcome

Definitions

  1. to strike, beat, hit; to kill, slay; to overcome

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 →