Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dreupaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from the iterative *druppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂-, from *dʰrbʰ-. Also compare *drupô (“a drop”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *dreupaną (strong class 2)
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *dreupan
- Old Norse: drjúpa
- →? Proto-Finnic: *rüüp'ät'äk (“to sip, drink”) (see there for further descendants)