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Where does “thrum” come from?

thrum (Middle English) comes from Old English þrum, from Proto-Germanic þrumą — stump, trunk, block; butt, end.

Ancestry of “thrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþrum—
2Proto-Germanicþrumąstump, trunk, block; butt, end

Words derived from “thrum”

  • thrumming
  • thrum
  • strum
  • strummer
  • thrummer
  • strummy
  • thrummy
  • strummeth
  • strumstrum
  • thrummingly
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