Where does “trost” come from?

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

trost (Norwegian Nynorsk): thrush, one of several species of songbirds of...

Definitions

  1. thrush, one of several species of songbirds of...

Ancestry of “trost”, 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 →