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Where does “traithe” come from?

traithe (Norman) comes from Old French treire, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

traithe (Norman): to milk

Definitions

  1. to milk

Ancestry of “traithe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtreireAlternative form of traire; to pull, to drag
2Vulgar Latintragere—
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “traithe”

  • traithie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →