Where does “þræla” come from?

þræla (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þræll, from Old Norse þræll, from Proto-Germanic þragilaz, from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- — pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run.

þræla (Icelandic): to slave, toil, work hard

Definitions

  1. to slave, toil, work hard

Ancestry of “þræla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþrælla slave
2Old Norseþrællslave
3Proto-Germanicþragilazrunner; gofer; servant
4Proto-Indo-Europeantrāgʰ-pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þragilaz →Every word from Old Norse þræll →