Where does “trøst” come from?

trøst (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.

trøst (Norwegian Bokmål): imperative of trøste

Definitions

  1. imperative of trøste

Ancestry of “trøst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrǫstrthrush
2Proto-Germanicþrastuzthrush
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrósdos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trósdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrastuz →Every word from Old Norse þrǫstr →