Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dritą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *drītaną (“to defecate”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdri.tɑ̃/

Noun edit

*dritą n^[1]

shit, excrement
Synonym: *skitiz

Declension edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dritą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dritą	*dritō
vocative	*dritą	*dritō
accusative	*dritą	*dritō
genitive	dritas, dritis	*dritǫ̂
dative	*dritai	*dritamaz
instrumental	*dritō	*dritamiz

Related terms edit

*dritiz

Descendants edit

Old English: drit
- Middle English: drit
  - English: dirt
    - → Zulu: udoti
Old High German:
- Middle High German:
  - German: Driss (colloquial, regional, Rhineland)
Old Norse: drit
- Icelandic: drit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drit
- Norwegian Bokmål: dritt
- Swedish: dret

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

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