Words that come from Proto-Germanic þrēaną

223 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þrēaną — including thrown, throw, thread, threadbare, thrower, throwback, throwaway, threadlike.

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English (64)

German (41)

Dutch (30)

Serbo-Croatian (9)

Luxembourgish (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Old English (7)

Swedish (5)

Middle English (5)

Danish (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Icelandic (3)

Faroese (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Yiddish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Italian (1)

Slovak (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Estonian (1)

Votic (1)

Japanese (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Portuguese (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Old Danish (1)

French (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Middle High German (1)