Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drībaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Irish drip (“bustle”) and possibly Lithuanian drìbti (“to fall, trickle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drībaną

1. to drive, push, compel to go

Inflection

Derived terms

• *fradrībaną
• *draibijaną
• *draibō
• *draibz
• *dribą
• *dribiz
• *driftiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *drīban
  • Old English: drīfan
    • Middle English: driven, drifen, drifven
      • English: drive
      • Scots: dryve
      • Yola: dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive
  • Old Frisian: drīva
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: driiw

      Mooring: driwe

      Sylt: driiv

      Wiedingharde: driwwe

    • Saterland Frisian: drieuwe
    • West Frisian: driuwe
  • Old Saxon: drīvan, drīƀan
    • Middle Low German: driven
      • Low German: drieven
  • Old Dutch: drīvan
    • Middle Dutch: driven
      • Dutch: drijven
        • Afrikaans: dryf
        • Papiamentu: drif
      • Limburgish: drieve
  • Old High German: trīban
    • Middle High German: trīben
      • Alemannic German: triibe
      • Bavarian: dreibm, dreim
      • Central Franconian: drieve, dreive
        • Hunsrik: dreive
        • Luxembourgish: dreiwen
      • German: treiben
      • Yiddish: טרײַבן (traybn)
• Old Norse: drífa
  • Icelandic: drífa
  • Faroese: dríva
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: drive
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: driva, drive
  • Old Swedish: drīva
    • Swedish: driva
  • Danish: drive
  • Elfdalian: draiva
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban)

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