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Where does “*dreupan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*dreupan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
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