Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/draibō

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

Derived from *drībaną (“to push, move, drive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑi̯.βɔː/

Noun

*draibō f

a drive, push, move
that which is driven; a herd
(West Germanic) a way, lane, track

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *draibō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*draibō	*draibôz
vocative	*draibō	*draibôz
accusative	*draibǭ	*draibōz
genitive	*draibōz	*draibǫ̂
dative	*draibōi	*draibōmaz
instrumental	*draibō	*draibōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *draibu
- Old English: drāf, drǣf
  - Middle English: draf, drof, drove
    - English: drove
    - Scots: draif, drave
- Old Frisian: *drēf
  - West Frisian: dreef, dree
- Old Saxon: *drēva
  - Middle Low German: drêve, drêf (in compounds)
    - German Low German: Dreve, Dreev
- Old Dutch: *drēva
  - Middle Dutch: dreve f or m
    - Dutch: dreef
    - → French: drève (dialectal)
- Old High German: *treiba
  - Middle High German: treibe f, treip m
Old Norse: dreif
- Icelandic: dreif
- Norwegian Bokmål: drev
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drev
- Swedish: drev
- Danish: drev

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