Dictionary verb ab verb *dreug- trocken trocknen abtrocknen

abtrocknen

(ab verb)

Meanings

1.
to dry
(Drying from the outside by active measures, either by towel or the amazing dyson airblade system... send the cheque now, Dyson, thanks. ALWAYS need a direct object.)
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Word Family

Root: *dreug-

This is a Germanic root with no certain members in other Indo-European languages.
The core idea was:

dry

The only English branch of the family are words around dry and drought.

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