Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dritą

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

From *drītaną (“to defecate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdri.tɑ̃/

Noun

*dritą n[1]

  1. shit, excrement
    Synonym: *skitiz

Declension

Declension of *dritą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dritą *dritō
vocative *dritą *dritō
accusative *dritą *dritō
genitive *dritas, *dritis *dritǫ̂
dative *dritai *dritamaz
instrumental *dritō *dritamiz
  • *draitaz
    • Old Saxon: *drēt
      • Middle Low German: drêt m
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: rȫdendrêt, reundreyt
  • *dritiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *drit
    • Old English: drit
    • Old Frisian: *drit
      • West Frisian: drits, dridze
    • Old High German: *driz
      • Middle High German: *driz
        • German: Driss (colloquial, regional, Rhineland)
  • Old Norse: drit

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
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