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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (“to have diarrhea”). Perhaps cognate to Russian дриста́ть (dristátʹ, “to shart”), as well as Persian درد (dord, “dregs”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*drītaną
- to defecate
- to urinate
Inflection
Conjugation of
*drītaną (strong class 1)
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 356
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*drītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
- ^ drita in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
- ^ “dritte” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog