dreist
German (Berlin)
/draɪ̯st/
adj
Definitions
- bold, brash, audacious, impudent without respect or restraint
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German drîste derived from Old Saxon thrīsti derived from Proto-Germanic *þrīstiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis (in a bad mood).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tréystis
Gloss
in a bad mood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tristis Latin
- trīstis Latin
- trīstitia Latin
- dumm German
- dummdreist German
- erdreisten German
- toll German
- tolldreist German
- *tréystis Proto-Indo-European
- *þrīstiz Proto-Germanic
- þriste Old English
- drîste Middle Low German
- drīste Middle Low German
- thrīsti Old Saxon