*drupô

Runic: ᛞᚱᚢᛈᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdru.pɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

a drop (of liquid)

Etymology

Nominal formation from either *dreupaną (‘to drop, drip’) or *druppōną (‘to drop’), both from the same root: Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (‘to drop’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	drupô	drupaniz
Acc.	drupanų	drupanunz
Gen.	drupiniz	drupanǫ̂
Dat.	drupini	drupammaz
Inst.	drupinē	drupammiz
Voc.	drupô	drupaniz

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Descendants

*dropō (Proto-West Germanic)
- dropo (Old Dutch)
  - drope, drop (Middle Dutch)
    - drop, drup (Dutch)
      - drup (Afrikaans)
*dropō (Proto-West Germanic)
- dropa (Old English)
  - drope, drop, droppe, droupe, droype (Middle English)
    - drop (English)
    - drap (Scots)
*dropō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dropa (Old Frisian)
  - Droupe, Druppe (Saterland Frisian)
*dropō (Proto-West Germanic)
- tropfo, troffo, tropho (Old High German)
  - tropfe (Middle High German)
    - Tropfe, Tropfen (German)
    - טראָפּן (tropn), טראָפּ (trop) (Yiddish)
*dropō (Proto-West Germanic)
- dropo (Old Saxon)
  - drope, drupe, drup (Middle Low German)
    - Drüpp (Low German)
dropi (Old Norse)
- dropi (Faroese)
- dropi (Icelandic)
- drope (Norwegian Nynorsk)
dropi (Old Norse)
- dropæ (Old Danish)
  - dråbe (Danish)
    - dråpe (Norwegian Bokmål)
dropi (Old Norse)
- dropæ (Old Danish)
  - drypæl (Old Danish)
    - drøbel (Danish)
dropi (Old Norse)
- drupi, dropi (Old Swedish)
  - droppe (Swedish)

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