*driftiz

Runic: ᛞᚱᛁᚠᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdriɸ.tiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

driving

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *driptis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰréybʰ-ti-s ~ *dʰribʰ-téy-s (‘to drive, push, compel to go’) from root *dʰréybʰ- (‘to drive, push’) with expected change from *-bʰt-> *-ft-via the Proto-Germanic spirant law. Related to *drībaną (‘to drive, push, compel to go’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.driftizdriftīz
Acc.driftįdriftinz
Gen.driftīzdriftijǫ̂
Dat.driftīdriftimaz
Inst.driftīdriftimiz
Voc.driftidriftīz

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Descendants

  • *drifti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *drift (Old Dutch)
      • drift, *dricht (Middle Dutch)
        • drift (Dutch)
          • drif (Afrikaans)
  • *drifti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *drift (Old English)
      • drift (Middle English)
        • drift (English)
        • drift (Scots)
  • *drifti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • drift (Old Frisian)
      • drift (North Frisian)
      • Drift (Saterland Frisian)
  • *drifti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • trift (Old High German)
      • trift (Middle High German)
        • Trift (German)
  • *drifti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • drift, thrift (Old Saxon)
      • drift (Middle Low German)
        • Drift (Low German)
          • Drift (German)
  • dript (Old Norse)
    • drift (Danish)
    • drift (Faroese)
    • drift (Icelandic)
    • drift (Norwegian)
    • drift (Swedish)

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