Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dropō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drupô.

Noun

*dropō m

1. drop (of liquid)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dropō
Genitive	*drupini, *dropan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dropō	*dropan
Accusative	*dropan	*dropan
Genitive	*drupini, *dropan	*dropanō
Dative	*drupini, *dropan	*dropum
Instrumental	*drupini, *dropan	*dropum

Derived terms

• *dropattjan
• *drupil
• *druppjan

Descendants

• Old English: dropa
  • Middle English: drope
    • English: drop
    • Scots: drop, drope, drap, drape
• Old Frisian: *dropa
  • Saterland Frisian: Droupe, Druppe
• Old Saxon: dropo
  • Middle Low German: drope, drupe, drup
    • German Low German: Drüpp
• Old Dutch: dropo
  • Middle Dutch: drope, drop
    • Dutch: drop
• Old High German: tropfo, troffo, tropho
  • Middle High German: tropfe
    • German: Tropfe, Tropfen
    • Yiddish: טראָפּן (tropn), טראָפּ (trop)