Where does “thrash” come from?
Thrash comes from Middle English thrasshen and thresshen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-.
thrash (English): To beat mercilessly; To defeat utterly; To thresh
Definitions
- To beat mercilessly; To defeat utterly; To thresh
Ancestry of “thrash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | thrasshen | Alternative form of threschen |
| 2 | Old English | þerscan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “thrash”