Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drupô

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

Alternative reconstructions

*druppô

Etymology

Nominal formation from either *dreupaną (“to drop, drip”)^[1] or *druppōną (“to drop”),^[2] both from the same root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pɔːː/

Noun

*drupô m^[1]

a drop (of liquid)

Inflection

Declension of *drupô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*drupô	*drupaniz
vocative	*drupô	*drupaniz
accusative	*drupanų	*drupanunz
genitive	*drupiniz	*drupanǫ̂
dative	*drupini	*drupammaz
instrumental	*drupinē	*drupammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dropō
- Old English: dropa
  - Middle English: drope, drop, droppe, droupe, droype (Northern)
    - English: drop
    - Scots: drap
- Old Frisian: *dropa
  - Saterland Frisian: Droupe, Druppe
- Old Saxon: dropo
  - Middle Low German: drope, drupe, drup
    - German Low German: Drüpp
- Old Dutch: dropo
  - Middle Dutch: drope, drop
    - Dutch: drop, drup
      - Afrikaans: drup
- Old High German: tropfo, troffo, tropho
  - Middle High German: tropfe
    - German: Tropfe, Tropfen
    - Yiddish: טראָפּן (tropn), טראָפּ (trop)
Old Norse: dropi
- Icelandic: dropi
- Faroese: dropi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drope
- Old Swedish: drupi, dropi
  - Swedish: droppe
- Old Danish: dropæ
  - Danish: dråbe
    - Norwegian Bokmål: dråpe
  - ⇒ Old Danish: drypæl
    - Danish: drøbel (“uvula”)
→ Galician: trofa

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đrupōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drupp/bōn- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “*drup(p)an-”

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đrupōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drupp/bōn- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “*drup(p)an-”

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