Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “þrāan”

108 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic þrāan — including thrown, throw, thrower, throwback, throwaway, windthrow, rethrow, downthrow.

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English (31)

German (23)

Dutch (19)

Luxembourgish (6)

Serbo-Croatian (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Old High German (2)

Yiddish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Middle Low German (1)