Where does “þröstur” come from?

þröstur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.

þröstur (Icelandic): thrush

Definitions

  1. thrush

Ancestry of “þröstur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrǫstrthrush
2Proto-Germanicþrastuzthrush
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrósdos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trósdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrastuz →Every word from Old Norse þrǫstr →
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