An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Drost

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
←
Drossel
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Drost
Druck
→
Expand abbreviations An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Drost
Friedrich Kluge2506687An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — Drost1891John Francis Davis

​ Drost, m., ‘chief magistrate’ (a LG. word), from MidLG. droste, drossête; the latter is identical with MidHG. truhtsœȥe, ModHG. Truchseß; for Drostei see under Truchseß.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_German_Language/Drost&oldid=7521685"