drub

drub · noun

1. Proto-Germanic*drōbuz“turbid”
2. Proto-West Germanic*drōbī
3. Old English*drōb
4. Middle English*drob
5. Englishdrub

From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).

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drub · verb

1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾-“to strike, crush, kill”
2. Proto-Germanic*drepaną“to beat, bump, strike, slay”
3. Proto-West Germanic*drepan
4. Old Englishdrepan“to strike”
5. Middle Englishdrepen
6. Englishdrub

1625, of uncertain origin: * Perhaps from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”), * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib (“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape (“struck, killed”)) from Old English drepan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾- (“to strike, crush, kill”). * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb *drubbōną, iterative to *drabaną (“to hit, hew”), as found in Norwegian drubbe, drubba (“to hit hard, strike with force, kill”). Compare also Old Frisian drop (“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan (“to hit, strike”), Old Norse drepa (“to strike, slay, kill”), Swedish drabba (“to hit, strike”). Compare also dub. More at drape.

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