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Where does “drublie” come from?

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

drublie (Scots): Disturbed, turbid, cloudy

Definitions

  1. Disturbed, turbid, cloudy

Ancestry of “drublie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdrubly—
2Old Englishdrōflīċ—
3Old Englishdrōfturbid; dreggy; dirty; dreggy; dirty; troubled
4Proto-West Germanicdrōbīturbid, cloudy; troubled, disturbed
5Proto-Germanicdrōbuzturbid, disturbed, troubled
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