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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrēduz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þrēaną +‎ *-þuz.[1] Also corresponds to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *treh₁tus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛː.ðuz/

Noun

*þrēduz m

  1. thread, twisted fibre

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *þrēduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrēduz *þrēdiwiz
vocative *þrēdu *þrēdiwiz
accusative *þrēdų *þrēdunz
genitive *þrēdauz *þrēdiwǫ̂
dative *þrēdiwi *þrēdumaz
instrumental *þrēdū *þrēdumiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrādu
    • Old English: þrǣd
    • Old Frisian: thrēd
    • Old Saxon: thrād
      • Middle Low German: drât
        • German Low German: Drahd
        • → Estonian: traat (possibly from German)
    • Old Dutch: *thrāt
      • Middle Dutch: drâet
        • Dutch: draad
          • Afrikaans: draad
          • → Aukan: dalati
          • → Caribbean Javanese: drat
          • → Indonesian: drat (“screw thread”)
          • → Papiamentu: drat, drachi
        • Limburgish: draod
    • Old High German: drāt
      • Middle High German: drāt
        • Cimbrian: draat
        • German: Draht
          • → Hungarian: drót (“wire”)
          • → Polish: drut (“wire, knitting needle”)
        • Hunsrik: Droot
        • Luxembourgish: Drot
        • Vilamovian: dröt
        • Yiddish: דראָט (drot)
        • → Polish: dratwa (“strong thread”)
        • → Slovak: dratva (“strong thread”)
  • Old Norse: þráðr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrēdu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546
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