Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/driftiz

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 *drībaną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdriɸ.tiz/

Noun

*driftiz f

(act of) driving

Inflection

Declension of *driftiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*driftiz	*driftīz
vocative	*drifti	*driftīz
accusative	*driftį	*driftinz
genitive	*driftīz	*driftijǫ̂
dative	*driftī	*driftimaz
instrumental	*driftī	*driftimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *drifti
- 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
      - Afrikaans: drif
- Old High German: trift
  - Middle High German: trift
    - German: Trift
Old Norse: dript
- Icelandic: drift
- Faroese: drift
- Norwegian: drift
- Swedish: drift
- Danish: drift