Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dropō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

drop (of liquid)

Inflection

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

Related terms

*dropattjan

Descendants

Old English: dropa
- Middle English: drope
  - English: drop
  - Scots: drop, drope, drap, drape
Old Saxon: dropo
- Middle Low German: drope, drupe, drup
Old Dutch: dropo
- Dutch: drop
  - ⇒ Dutch: druppel
Old High German: tropfo, troffo, tropho
- Middle High German: tropfe
  - German: Tropfe, Tropfen
  - Yiddish: טראָפּן‎ (tropn), טראָפּ‎ (trop)