Where does “throte” come from?

throte (Middle English) comes from Old English þrote, from Old English þrota, from Proto-Germanic þrutǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

throte (Middle English): throat

Definitions

  1. throat

Ancestry of “throte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþrotethroat
2Old Englishþrota—
3Proto-Germanicþrutǭswell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “throte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrutǭ →Every word from Old English þrota →