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Where does “thraath” come from?

thraath (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European treh₁-tu-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

Ancestry of “thraath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþráðrthread; past participle of þreyja; past...
2Proto-Germanicþrēduzthread, twisted fibre
3Proto-Indo-Europeantreh₁-tu-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “thraath”

  • tråd
  • trådløs
  • ståltråd
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