*draibō

Runic: ᛞᚱᚨᛁᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdrɑi̯.βɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

a drive, push, move
that which is driven; a herd
a way, lane, track

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰroybʰ-éh (‘to drive, push’), an o-grade form of root *dʰreybʰ- (‘to drive, push’). Related to *drībaną (‘to drive, push, compel to go’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	draibō	draibôz
Acc.	draibǭ	draibōz
Gen.	draibōz	draibǫ̂
Dat.	draibōi	draibōmaz
Inst.	draibō	draibōmiz
Voc.	draibō	draibôz

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Descendants

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

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