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Where does “drepaną” come from?

drepaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drepaną (Proto-Germanic): to hit, strike

Definitions

  1. to hit, strike

Ancestry of “drepaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “drepaną”

  • drapery
  • drab
  • drape
  • dribbling
  • draper
  • draping
  • dribble
  • drabness
  • linendraper
  • dribbler
  • drably
  • draperied
  • drabber
  • drib
  • dribbly
  • drabby
  • drapey
  • drabbish
  • redrape
  • drapability
  • undrape
  • bedrape
  • drapelike
  • draperylike
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