Words that come from Proto-Germanic “þistilaz”

25 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þistilaz — including thistle, thistledown, thistly, starthistle, thistlelike, þistill, distil, thistlewarp.

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English (6)

Dutch (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

German (2)

Icelandic (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Faroese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Old English (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle High German (1)