Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drifti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Noun

*drifti f

drift

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*drifti
Genitive	*driftī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*drifti	*driftī
Accusative	*drifti	*driftī
Genitive	*driftī	*driftijō
Dative	*driftī	driftim, driftijum
Instrumental	*driftī	driftim, driftijum

Descendants

Old English: *drift
- Middle English: drift
  - Scots: drift
  - English: drift
Old Frisian: drift (in compounds)
- North Frisian: drift
- Saterland Frisian: Drift
Old Saxon: drift, thrift
- Middle Low German: drift
  - Low German: Drift
    - → German: Drift
Old Dutch: *drift
- Middle Dutch: drift, *dricht
  - Dutch: drift
Old High German: trift
- Middle High German: trift
  - German: Trift

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