Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/druppōną

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.

From earlier paradigm *druppōþi ~ *drubunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *dʰrubʰ-nā́-ti ~ *dʰrubʰ-un-ánti, iterative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drop”). Cognate with Lithuanian drìbti. Possibly conflated with a denominative construction *drupô (“drop of liquid”) +‎ *-ōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

*druppōną^[1]

1. to drop, to fall
2. to drip, to seep

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *drupp- against *drub-.

• *dreupaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *droppōn
  • Old English: droppian, dropian
    • Middle English: droppen
      • English: drop
  • Old Saxon: *dropōn
    • Middle Low German: drōpen
  • Old Dutch: droppon
    • Middle Dutch: droppen, *drubben, druppen (likely conflated with the descendant of *druppjan)
      • Dutch: druppen, drubben
        • Afrikaans: drup
  • Old High German: tropfōn
    • Middle High German: tropfen
      • German: tropfen
• Old Norse: *droppa, *drubba
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: drubba

  • Swedish: droppa