dhreibh-

    dhreibh-

    English meaning: to drive, to push

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “treiben, stoßen” etc

    Material: Goth. dreiban “drive, push, bump, poke”, O.N. drīfa “come pulling, pull, drag, stream” etc, O.E. drīfan “drive, push, hunt, chase, overthrow “, O.S. drīƀan “be moved, dispelled “, O.H.G. trīban “ beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel, expel “ (zero grade schw. Verb tribōn “ set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge “, uolatribōn “ thrust through, pierce through, transfix “); O.N. drift f. “ drive, impel, drift, propel, push, thrust, snowdrift “, drif n. “ what floats through the air, snowfall “, O.E. drif n. “ drive, impel, drift, propel, push, thrust, the driven “, drüf f. “ drive, impel, drift, propel, push, thrust, drift, herd”, M.H.G. trift ds., Ger. Trift “pasture, herd”; Lith. drimbù, drìbti “ laggard, clodhopper, lubber, looby, hobbledehoy, lummox, squab, dub, lug”, sniẽgas drim̃ba “ the snow falls thickly “ (= O.N. Þü drīfr snǣ r); from drib-, to which could belong likewise the i- as the e- series, the transfer has occurred in the eseries: drebiù, dre ̃bti “ pour, make stains with viscous liquid “.

    References: WP. I 872, 876, Wissmann nom. postverb. 68 f., Specht KZ. 68, 41.