dreck
English
/dɹɛk/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) Trash; worthless merchandise.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish דרעק (manure, feces, crap, dirt) derived from Middle High German drek derived from Old High German *threc inherited from *þraki derived from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (dirt) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ- (sully, decay, dung, manure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)terǵ-
Gloss
sully, decay, dung, manure
Concept
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drecky English
- stercobilin English
- stercolith English
- stercoroma English
- stercovorous English
- bīlis Latin
- sterceia Latin
- stercoralis Latin
- stercoranista Latin
- stercorarius Latin
- stercorem Latin
- sterculinum Latin
- stercus Latin
- sterquilinium Latin
- Bärendreck German
- Dreck German
- Dreckkerl German
- Dreckloch German
- Drecksack German
- Drecksarbeit German
- Drecksgöre German
- Dreckskerl German
- Drecksnutte German
- Scheißdreck German
- dreckig German
- sterco Italian
- stercoraceo Italian
- drek Dutch, Flemish
- drekpoëet Dutch, Flemish
- дрек Russian
- -ωμα Ancient Greek
- *(s)terǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)terḱ-, *(s)terḱ-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *þrakjaz Proto-Germanic
- *þrekkaz Proto-Germanic
- drek Czech
- sterko Esperanto
- drek Serbo-Croatian
- șterc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drec Middle Dutch
- *threc Old High German
- drec Old High German
- drek Old High German
- threc Old High German
- drek Middle High German
- דרעק Yiddish
- *þraki gmw-pro
- *threkk Old Dutch
- esterco Old Portuguese
- drek Slovene
- threkk Old Frisian