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

  1. To beat mercilessly; To defeat utterly; To thresh

Ancestry of “thrash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishthrasshenAlternative form of threschen
2Old Englishþerscanto thresh
3Proto-Germanicþreskanąto thresh
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “thrash”

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