drite

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drītaną
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*drītan
3. Old English · inherited from*drītan
4. Middle English · inherited fromdriten
5. English todaydrite

From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

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