Where does “dred” come from?
dred (Polish) comes from English dreadlock, from English dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dread, from English dread, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan — on, onto.
dred (Polish): dread
Ancestry of “dred”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dreadlock | A single strand of dreadlocks; To put into... |
| 2 | English | dreadlocks | A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | dreadlocks | — |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | dread | — |
| 5 | English | dread | To fear greatly; To anticipate with fear; To be... |
| 6 | Middle English | dreden | — |
| 7 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |