Where does “trost” come from?
trost (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.
trost (Norwegian Bokmål): imperative of trøste
Ancestry of “trost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þrǫstr | thrush |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrastuz | thrush |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | trósdos | — |