Where does “drōflīċ” come from?

drōflīċ (Old English) comes from Old English drōf, from Proto-West Germanic drōbī, from Proto-Germanic drōbuz — turbid, disturbed, troubled.

drōflīċ (Old English): agitated, disturbed, irksome, sad

Definitions

  1. agitated, disturbed, irksome, sad

Ancestry of “drōflīċ”, step by step

drōflīċ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English drōf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrōfturbid; dreggy; dirty; dreggy; dirty; troubled
2Proto-West Germanicdrōbīturbid, cloudy; troubled, disturbed
3Proto-Germanicdrōbuzturbid, disturbed, troubled

via Proto-Germanic drōbalīkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrōbalīkazturbid

Words derived from “drōflīċ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic drōbuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drōbī →Every word from Old English drōf →