dirten

dirten · adjective¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*drītaną“to defecate; befoul”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dritanaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dritan
4. Old English · inherited fromdriten
5. Middle English · inherited fromdriten
6. English todaydirten

From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-West Germanic *dritan, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”). By surface analysis, dirt + -en.

dirten · adjective²

From dirt + -en (“made of”).

dirten · verb³

From dirt + -en (verbal suffix).

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