Old English drifan

← Danish drive (cognate)

← German treiben (cognate)

← West Frisian driuwe (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *drībaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *drīban (inherited)

← Old High German trīban (cognate)

← Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (derived)

← Low German drieven (cognate)

← Dutch drijven (cognate)

← Old Norse drífa (cognate)

← Old Frisian drīva (cognate)

← Old Saxon drīvan (cognate)

← Old Saxon drīƀan (mention)

← Swedish driva (cognate)

→ Old English graf (mention)