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