Where does “thrash” come from?

thrash (Dutch) comes from English thrash, from Middle English thrasshen, from Old English þerscan, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

thrash (Dutch): thrash metal, thrash

Definitions

  1. thrash metal, thrash

Ancestry of “thrash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthrashTo beat mercilessly; To defeat utterly; To thresh
2Middle EnglishthrasshenAlternative form of threschen
3Old Englishþerscanto thresh
4Proto-Germanicþreskanąto thresh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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