Where does “dreskelef” come from?
dreskelef (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *thriskūvli, from Proto-Germanic þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Ancestry of “dreskelef”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *thriskūvli | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þreskwaþluz | threshold |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |