Where does “þröstur” come from?
þröstur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.
þröstur (Icelandic): thrush
Ancestry of “þröstur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | þrǫstr | thrush |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrastuz | thrush |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | trósdos | — |