dreogan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to do, perform (a service, duty etc.)
- to bear, suffer, undergo, endure
Etymology
Inherited from *dreugan inherited from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (serve, be a retainer, work, act, do military service).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dreuganą
Gloss
serve, be a retainer, work, act, do military service
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dreuganą Proto-Germanic
- *driugijaną Proto-Germanic
- dreogan, drēogan Old English
- drēogan Old English
- drýgja Old Norse
- drýgja Icelandic
- triogan Old High German
- triugan Old High German
- 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bidreugan gmw-pro
- *dreugan gmw-pro
- *driegan Old Dutch
- drêgen Middle Low German
- bidriogan Old Saxon
- driogan Old Saxon
- dryj Westrobothnian