English

indrift

From in + drift.

A compound of in + drift

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive, push’

Proto-Germanic *driftiz

Old English *drift

Middle English drift

English drift

Today it means

verb To drift in.

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