1. to dry out, to wither (Mostly used in context of plants. It's what the plant does, so it's not the right word if you dry fruits. That's just "trocknen". "vertrocknen" sounds negative.)
Meanings
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.