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 forms

*druppô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to crumble, grind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pɔːː/

Noun

*drupô m

a drop (of liquid)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension 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
    - English: drop
    - Scots: drop, drope, drap, drape
- 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
- 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: drope
- Old Swedish: drupi, dropi
  - Swedish: droppe
- Old Danish: dropæ
  - Danish: dråbe
  - ⇒ Old Danish: drypæl
    - Danish: drøbel (“uvula”)
→ Galician: trofa

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