druggen
/ˈdrud͡ʒən/ · verb
Meaning
- To drudge; to perform menial labour.
Etymology / origin
Uncertain; perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to serve”).
- *dreuganą(gem-pro)→
- *dʰrewgʰ-(ine-pro)→
- druggen (Middle English)
- Relations: der, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- drudge(English) (inh)
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