droeven

Betekenis (Engels)

to be sad, to sadden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdruvə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: droeven

Geërf van Old Dutch: druoven

In summary

From Middle Dutch droeven, from Old Dutch druoven, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną. Equivalent to droef (“sad”) + -en.