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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dritą

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 *drītaną (“to defecate”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdri.tɑ̃/

Noun

*dritą n[1]

  1. shit, excrement
    Synonym: *skitiz

Declension
neuter a-stemDeclension of *dritą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dritą *dritō
vocative *dritą *dritō
accusative *dritą *dritō
genitive *dritas, *dritis *dritǫ̂
dative *dritai *dritamaz
instrumental *dritō *dritamiz
  • *dritiz

Descendants
  • Old English: drit
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German:
      • German: Driss (colloquial, regional, Rhineland)
  • Old Norse: drit

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*drita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
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