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
Ancestry of “traithe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | treire | Alternative form of traire; to pull, to drag |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tragere | — |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
Words derived from “traithe”