Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreusaną. Cognate with Old English drēosan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriəzɑn/ or IPA^(key): /ˈdriɔzɑn/

The spelling with ⟨io⟩ is rare, so that it is not certain whether it might merely be a spelling convention copied from Old Dutch and Old High German.