Where does “traithie” come from?
traithie (Norman) comes from Norman traithe, 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.
traithie (Norman): gerund of traithe; milking
Definitions
- gerund of traithe; milking
Ancestry of “traithie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | traithe | to milk |
| 2 | Old French | treire | Alternative form of traire; to pull, to drag |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tragere | — |
| 4 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |