Where does “gedriht” come from?

gedriht (Old English) comes from Old English gedryht, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gedriht (Old English): Alternative form of gedryht

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gedryht

Ancestry of “gedriht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgedryhttroop, body of men
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →