Words that come from Proto-Germanic þurhw

184 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þurhw — including through, thoroughly, thorough, breakthrough, throughput, thru, thoroughness, thoroughbred.

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German (57)

Dutch (54)

English (39)

Middle English (7)

Old English (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Yiddish (3)

Swedish (2)

Japanese (2)

West Flemish (2)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Russian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Polish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle High German (1)