Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/drifti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Noun

*drifti f

1. drift

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*drifti
Genitive	*driftī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*drifti	*driftī
Accusative	*drifti	*driftī
Genitive	*driftī	*driftijō
Dative	*driftī	*driftim, *driftijum
Instrumental	*driftī	*driftim, *driftijum

Descendants

• 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
• Old High German: trift
  • Middle High German: trift
    • German: Trift