drift
Dutch (Brabantic)
/drɪft/
noun
Definitions
- passion
- strong and sudden upwelling of anger: a fit
- urge, strong desire
- violent tendency
- flock (of sheep or oxen)
- deviation of direction caused by wind: driftdrift
- path along which cattle are driven
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch drift inherited from Old Dutch *drift inherited from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (drift).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*driftiz
Gloss
drift
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adrift English
- bedrift English
- downdrift English
- drift English
- driftage English
- driftbolt English
- drifter English
- driftest English
- drifteth English
- driftfish English
- driftland English
- driftless English
- driftling English
- driftpin English
- driftway English
- driftweed English
- driftwind English
- driftwood English
- drifty English
- exodrift English
- indrift English
- mid-drift English
- overdrift English
- raindrift English
- snowdrift English
- stardrift English
- underdrift English
- updrift English
- aan Dutch, Flemish
- aandrift Dutch, Flemish
- bui Dutch, Flemish
- driftbui Dutch, Flemish
- driftig Dutch, Flemish
- driftkikker Dutch, Flemish
- geest Dutch, Flemish
- geestdrift Dutch, Flemish
- geestdriftig Dutch, Flemish
- kikker Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuw Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwdrift Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *driftiz Proto-Germanic
- *drift Old English
- drift Middle English
- drift Old Norse
- dript Old Norse
- drift Danish
- minedrift Danish
- drift Middle Dutch
- drif Afrikaans
- trift Middle High German
- *drift Old Dutch
- dripman Tok Pisin