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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dreupan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.
Verb
*dreupan[1]
- to drip, to trickle
Inflection
| Class 2 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *dreupan | |
| 1st sg. past | *draup | |
| 3rd pl. past | *drupun | |
| Past ptcple | *dropan | |
| Infinitive | *dreupan | |
| Genitive infin. | *dreupannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *dreupannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *dreupannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dreupu | *draup |
| 2nd singular | *driupiʀi | *drupī |
| 3rd singular | *driupidi | *draup |
| 1st plural | *dreupum | *drupum |
| 2nd plural | *driupid | *drupud |
| 3rd plural | *dreupand | *drupun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dreupē | *drupī |
| 2nd singular | *dreupēs | *drupī |
| 3rd singular | *dreupē | *drupī |
| 1st plural | *dreupēm | *drupīm |
| 2nd plural | *dreupēþ | *drupīd |
| 3rd plural | *dreupēn | *drupīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *dreup | |
| Plural | *driupid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *dreupandī | *dropan |
Descendants
- Old English: drēopan
- Middle English: dreopen, drepen
- Scots: dreep
- → English: dreep
- Scots: dreep
- Middle English: dreopen, drepen
- Old Frisian: driāpa
- West Frisian: drippe
- Old Saxon: driopan
- Middle Low German: drêpen
- Old Dutch: driopan, driepan
- Middle Dutch: drupen
- Dutch: druipen
- Middle Dutch: drupen
- Old High German: triofan
- Middle High German: triefen
- German: triefen
- Middle High German: triefen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *dreupan”