Where does “trælæ” come from?

trælæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þræla, from Old Norse þræll, from Proto-Germanic þragilaz, from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- — pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run.

Ancestry of “trælæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrælato call a thrall
2Old Norseþrællslave
3Proto-Germanicþragilazrunner; gofer; servant
4Proto-Indo-Europeantrāgʰ-pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run

Words derived from “trælæ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þragilaz →Every word from Old Norse þræll →