טריפֿן
'to drip'

ETYMOLOGY

ON drjúpa, OE drēopan, English to drip, OS driopan, Dutch druipen 'to drip; to ooze', OHG triufan, triofan, MHG triefen, NHG triefen; from PGmc ✱dreupan- ~ ✱drūpan- 'to droop; to drip' (DRV), a back-formation from the iterative ✱drupp/bōn- 'to hit' < ✱dʰrbʰ-néh₂-, from the pre-Germanic root ✱dʰrebʰ- (see טרעפֿן).

WESTERN

Wenn es nit trieft, tropt es.

CENTRAL

American

{Partly displaced by טראָפּן (as by tropfen in some German dialects {DW¹ 22: 468}).}