Scots dreich

← Old English *drēoh (derived)

← Welsh drycin (derived)

← Welsh drwg (compound)

← Welsh hin (compound)

← German trügen (cognate)

← English drudge (cognate)

← English dree (mention)

→ English dreich (borrowed)

→ English dree (cognate)

→ Scots dreichly (affix)